Inspired by her work as a memory care worker and teaching artist to older adults, writer/director Sarah Friedland's Familiar Touch stars Kathleen Chalfant as Ruth, an elderly woman with dementia. Finding herself in an assisted care facility, Ruth shuns her peers, preferring to bond with the young workers as she rallies against her condition.
Carolyn Michelle, Andy McQueen and H. Jon Benjamin also star.
Familiar Touch is in UK/ROI cinemas from June 19th.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
Ruth Goldman, an older woman with dementia, leaves her home for a date. But what she thinks is a hotel turns out to be an assisted living facility, and she must contend with an array of new faces, routines, and surroundings as her own identities and desires shift.While Ruth resists identifying with her aging neighbours, she connects with the care workers there and is drawn towards her son, whom she mistakes for a suitor. A former cook, Ruth finds agency preparing meals in the facility kitchen. She slides into younger selves as she embraces the sensory experiences of the community's activities and daily life. But when the reality of her situation sinks in, Ruth feels betrayed and flees the facility in search of something familiar.
