Dir: Sarah Friedland | USA | 2025 | 92 mins
Cast | Kathleen Chalfant, Carolyn Michelle Smith, Andy McQueen, H. Jon Benjamin
A retired cook, Ruth (Kathleen Chalfant) prepares breakfast. It’s a dish she’s often made before, but she keeps making mistakes. When her son (H. Jon Benjamin) arrives, she mistakes him for a suitor, and their “date” takes them to an assisted living facility, where Ruth feels certain she does not belong. But as she slowly begins to accept the support of the facility’s care workers, she finds new ways to ground herself in her body, even as her mind embarks on a journey all its own.
Writer-director Sarah Friedland’s exquisite “coming-of-old-age” debut compassionately follows the winding path of Ruth’s shifting memories and desires. Shot on location at a retirement community in California, and boasting a masterful performance from Chalfant, Familiar Touch is a quietly radical portrait of a woman living with dementia that eschews the usual tropes, instead prioritising Ruth’s perspective throughout.
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Run Time: 92 mins
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