LISBON FILM FESTIVAL - 2025 GRAND PRIZE

"a major event."
—Filmmaker Magazine, Vikram Murthi
“…peak Hal Hartley, warm and optimistic, damnedly funny and vital.”
—ABC Radio - Paul F. Verhoeven
“In an age of brain-lacerating tech and herdlike algorithmic group-think, Hartley stands out in ever-greater contrast as a quietly intransigent auteur force.”
—VICE Magazine - Kevin Khara

Starring: Bill Sage, Kim Taff, Katelyn Sparks, Robert John Burke, Edie Falco, Kathleen Chalfant, Joe Perrino, Gia Crovatin, Jeremy Hendrik, Jay Lenox, Lorraine Farris, King Mustafa Obafemi, George Feaster

A touching farce about a successful director of romantic comedies in his senior years who, while addressing his Last Will and Testament, applies for a job as assistant groundskeeper in a cemetery because he’d like to work outdoors with his hands. But his family, friends and neighbors misunderstand and assume he is dying, crowding into his apartment to express their last farewells and to clumsily philosophize about the meaning of life.

Originally Released: 2025
Language: English
Subtitles: English, Japanese, French, Spanish, German
Running Time: 75 Minutes
Available on Blu-ray from halhartley.com
From Hal Hartley & Possible Films