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Being There (1979)

The protagonist of this film is Chance, the gardener. Middle-aged and mentally challenged, he has lived in a lovely little mansion all his life, never allowed outside of it byorders of his benefactor, "the old man". Chance contentedly spends his days gardening and watching TV; he learned his manner of speech and how to interact with others from the latter (often imitatingthe gestures people make as he watches the shows). He is allowed to wear the no-longer-used suits of the old man, and cuts an elegant figure that betrays his simple mind.
When the old man dies, Chanceis evicted and forced to enter the real world, taking little more with him than a few suits and his remote control. As it turns out, he lives in Washington, D.C., and when he's accidentally injuredby a car, its passenger turns out to be Eve Rand, the wife of banker/political kingmaker Benjamin Rand. Since Ben is dying, a hospital facility has been set up at their grand estate and Chance isinvited to recuperate there. When he is asked his name, Chance says he is "Chance the gardener" but is misunderstood and from that point on is called "Chauncey Gardiner" by all the other characters. Andwhen he tells them that he was ousted from his garden by lawyers, they think he is speaking metaphorically - that's he's really a ruined businessman. Ben is impressed by Chance's calm nature and thenext day allows him to sit in on a meeting between him and the President of the United States. When they ask his opinion on the economy, all Chance can answer with is a comment on the passage of theseasons in the garden - which is taken as a comment on economic turnarounds. From this point on, Chance's star rises higher and higher - he is invited to talk shows and receptions, and the FBI and CIA tryto suss out his past (impossible, as Chance's isolation means he never even had a birth certificate to be traced). Before he dies, Ben makes Chance his heir apparent and possible presidental...