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Master Gardener

Paul Schrader
Festival Pops 2022 111 min United States
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Synopsis

Passionate cultivation

A meticulous horticulturist is devoted to tending the grounds of a beautiful estate and pandering to his employer, the wealthy dowager. But he has tattoos that reveal a white supremacist past. Then the dowager orders him to take care of her estranged, mixed-race grandniece and the power dynamic of the relationship changes.

Cast/Avec

  • Joel Edgerton
  • Sigourney Weaver
  • Quintessa Swindell
  • Eduardo Losan
  • Esai Morales
  • Rick Cosnett
  • Victoria Hill

Screenplay

  • Paul Schrader

Cinematographer

  • Alexander Dynan

Sound

  • Dustin Fleetwood
  • Emily Gilmer
  • Rachel Wardell

Music

  • Devonté Hynes

Production

  • Curmudgeon Films
  • Kojo Studios
  • Ottocento Films

Screenings

Saturday 11 March 2023 18:00
Lieux : Cinémathèque
Audio : English
Subtitles :
Screening : Public Screening
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Paul Schrader

Paul Schrader
Paul Schrader

Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1946, Paul Schrader grew up with Calvinist parents and graduated in philosophy from Calvin College in his hometown. He then got an MA in film studies from the UCLA Film School and became a film critic before starting to write scripts. He wrote Taxi Driver, which was picked up by Martin Scorsese, who later also directed other Schrader screenplays. Schrader started directing in 1978 and has made over 20 films since.

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Filmography

  • Master Gardener 2022
  • The Card Counter 2021
  • Dark 2017
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