SOME KIND OF HEAVEN

By Lance OPPENHEIM

MAGNIFY - as SALES

Documentary - Completed 2020

Behind the gates of a palm tree-lined fantasyland, four residents of America’s largest retirement community, The Villages, in Florida, strive to find happiness and meaning.

Festivals
& Awards

Sundance 2020
NEXT
True/False Film Festival 2020
Rotterdam IFFR 2020
Bright Future
MoMA Documentary Fortnight 2020
    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • USA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 83 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Lance OPPENHEIM
    • Producer(s)
    • Darren ARONOFSKY
    • Synopsis
    • SOME KIND OF HEAVEN explores life inside the palm-tree-lined streets of The Villages, America’s largest retirement community in Florida. Referred to as the “Disneyland for Retirees,” this planned community is home to over 130,000 seniors. It offers residents a utopian version of the American yesteryear: wide, safe streets, perfectly manicured lawns, and countless activities all in service of enjoying their golden years. While most residents have bought into its packaged positivity, we meet four residents living on the margins, striving to find happiness.
      By turns biting, tender, and surreal, the film demonstrates that no matter our age, we are always becoming. With strikingly composed cinematography, Some Kind of Heaven challenges our stereotypes around aging, emboldening its characters to live as vibrantly as possible in the time they have left.