Familiar Touch
Familiar Touch is Sarah Friedland’s gruesomely poignant feature debut, about a woman going into care because she’s old and losing her mind. Depending on your age it’s about people in your generation, or your parents’ or grandparents’. But no matter how far removed you feel from the events on screen, there’s a very good chance the same will happen to you. And that’s if you’re lucky. We first meet Ruth (Kathleen Chalfant) at home making herself some lunch. Something on toast with a few herbs scattered on top, which Ruth snips from pots on the windowsill. She seems alert, capable and content. Her life appears to be orderly and OK. Then a younger … Read more