(2022)

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Narvel Roth (Joel Edgerton) is under witness protection as a former neo-Nazi who turned state’s evidence against his gang. His former actions however, cost him his marriage and his daughter forever. Taken in by his benefactor Mrs. Haverhill (Sigourney Weaver), Narvel has channeled his former hate into gardening, working every day to be better, but never forgetting the awful person he once was.

Tasked with training Mrs. Haverhill’s grandniece Maya (Quintessa Swindell), Narvel gets too close to her, and a vengeful Mrs. Haverhill expels them both from the grounds. Narvel helps Maya get clean and eventually tells her of his past. She accepts him and they become lovers, though Maya tells him he will have his tattoos removed.

After her drug dealing ex destroys the garden, Narvel and Maya find him and his right-hand man. Narvel tells Maya to shoot them, but she cannot; Narvel instead breaks their legs, so they “remember”. Narvel returns to the estate and tells Mrs. Haverhill he will help her rebuild the garden to former glory but the relationship they have is over as he will live with Maya as “husband and wife.” Mrs. Haverhill finds it obscene and threatens violence but ultimately has no recourse and begrudgingly allows it. The film ends with Maya and Narvel dancing at his cabin.

01 hours 51 minutes