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Master Gardener is a 2022 American crime thriller written and directed by Paul Schrader. Joel Edgerton stars as a gardener whose carefully controlled life is unsettled by a relationship that forces him to confront his past, placing the film within Schrader's recurring interest in guilt, violence, and redemption. It premiered out of competition at the Venice Film Festival.
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Who stars in Master Gardener, and who directed it?
Joel Edgerton stars as Narvel Roth, a gardener with a carefully controlled life. Paul Schrader wrote and directed the 2022 American crime thriller.
What is Narvel Roth hiding in Master Gardener?
Narvel presents himself as a disciplined horticulturist, but his past is tied to extremist violence and white-supremacist beliefs. The film gradually reveals how that history threatens his new identity.
How does horticulture drive the plot of Master Gardener?
Narvel manages the gardens of a wealthy estate, and his knowledge of plants reflects his need for order and control. His relationship with Maya, the employer's troubled great-niece, disrupts that carefully planned life.
Is Master Gardener connected to Paul Schrader's other films?
It belongs to Schrader's recurring sequence of films about isolated men keeping private journals and confronting guilt. The closest comparisons are Taxi Driver, written by Schrader, and First Reformed, which he also wrote and directed.
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