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On June 23 at the Royal, Stephen Farber will moderate a post-screening Q&A with Shaun Rushforth, Executive Director of Villa Gardens, the Pasadena senior living facility featured in Familiar Touch, along with Jane Dietrich and Lisa Tanahashi, both Villa Gardens residents and participants in the film. Familiar Touch writer-director Sarah Friedland and star Kathleen Chalfant will participate in Q&A's at the Royal following the 7:30 P.M. screenings on June 27 & 28; at the Town Center following the screening 12:50 P.M. screening on June 29; and at the Laemmle Glendale following the 4:30 P.M. screening on June 29. Lydia Storie, Director of Culture Change at Caring Across Generations, will moderate the June 27 screening.
Familiar Touch
As sharp as it is soft, [the film] conveys both the terror of losing the life you recognize, and the intermittent, fragmented joy of finding it again.
Part of Reel Talk With Stephen Farber film series
Familiar Touch
Ruth (Kathleen Chalfant), a retired cook, prepares breakfast in her sunny and cozy kitchen — a dish she seems to have made many times before, although small and puzzling errors now punctuate her comfortable routine. When her son (H. Jon Benjamin) arrives to dine with her, she mistakes him for a suitor. Their “date” takes them to an assisted living facility, which Ruth does not remember that she had previously selected for herself. Among her fellow memory care residents, Ruth feels lost and adrift, certain she has found herself somewhere she does not belong. As she slowly begins to accept the warmth and support of care workers Vanessa (Carolyn Michelle) and Brian (Andy McQueen), 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 coming-of-old-age feature compassionately follows the winding path of octogenarian Ruth’s shifting memories and desires while remaining rooted in her sage perspective.
Genre
Drama,
Women and Film,
Aging
Runtime
90
Language
English
Opening at
Royal on Jun 23rd
Town Center 5 on Jun 27th
Glendale on Jun 27th
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