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“I am deeply honored. Venice is the Lion of my heart.”
Paul Schrader
#VeneziaCinema2022 - La Biennale di Venezia
The 79th Venice International Film Festival
Lifetime Achievement Award - Paul Schrader
The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement of the 79th Venice International Film Festival was awarded to the American director - The Card Counter, First Reformed, Cat People, American Gigolo - and screenwriter - Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, Obsession, The Yakuza - Paul Schrader. The decision was made by the board of the Biennale di Venezia, which embraced the proposal of the Festival's Director, Alberto Barbera. The Award was followed by his latest film, Master Gardener - see below.
President of La Biennale di Venezia - Roberto Cicutto - Sigourney Weaver - Paul Schrader - Director of the Venice Film Festival - Alberto Barbera
photo courtesy La biennale di Venezia
Master Gardener
Paul Schrader
Narvel Roth is the meticulous horticulturist of Gracewood Gardens. He is as much devoted to tending the grounds of this beautiful and historic estate, as pandering to his employer, the wealthy dowager Mrs. Norma Haverhill. When Mrs. Haverhill demands that he take on her wayward and troubled great-niece Maya as a new apprentice, chaos enters Narvel’s spartan existence.
Cast - Joel Edgerton, Sigourney Weaver, Quintessa Swindell, Esai Morales.
Cast - Joel Edgerton, Sigourney Weaver, Quintessa Swindell, Esai Morales.
Joel Edgerton - Sigourney Weaver
Director's Statement
Paul Schrader
director and screenplay
"I have been blessed living in a bubble of creative freedom, affluence, leisure time, peace and good health. My latest film centers on Narvel Roth, a man sitting alone in a room, wearing a mask— which is his occupation, a horticulturist—and waiting for something to happen. And then something happens."
