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Naked Gardens

2024 · 91 min

A patient, sun-dappled observational gaze into an eccentric community, quietly tender and gently human, letting ordinary lives unfold without judgment.

Directed by: Patrick Bresnan, Ivete Lucas
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Morley Schloss

Overview: A visually stunning narrative documentary, NAKED GARDENS immerses audiences in the complex, unseen world of a family nudist resort in the Florida Everglades. Filmed over one season at this lush tropical campsite, the film follows the stories of individuals drawn to an unusual community, which promises both non-conformist values and, more importantly for some, a cheap place to live. As aging owner Morley and his residents prepare for the largest gathering of nudists in the US, the Mid-Winter Naturist Festival, they are faced with challenges both as a community and as individuals.

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Directed by: Patrick Bresnan, Ivete Lucas
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Morley Schloss

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
found family
aging
class
identity
Places: countryside
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	3
Realism	9
Romance	1
Tension	2
Darkness	2
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Patrick Bresnan, Ivete Lucas
Written by: Ivete Lucas
Starring: Morley Schloss
Cinematography: Patrick Bresnan
Runtime: 91 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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