Familiar Touch

1hr30min - NR

Showings

Lark Theater Fri, Aug 8 10:00 AM
The Feature Typically Starts 7-10 Minutes Past Showtime
Lark Theater Sat, Aug 9 11:00 AM
The Feature Typically Starts 7-10 Minutes Past Showtime
Lark Theater Sun, Aug 10 1:20 PM
The Feature Typically Starts 7-10 Minutes Past Showtime
Lark Theater Wed, Aug 13 4:35 PM
The Feature Typically Starts 7-10 Minutes Past Showtime
Lark Theater Thu, Aug 14 2:50 PM
The Feature Typically Starts 7-10 Minutes Past Showtime
Lark Theater Mon, Aug 18 9:00 AM
The Feature Typically Starts 7-10 Minutes Past Showtime
Lark Theater Tue, Aug 19 11:20 AM
The Feature Typically Starts 7-10 Minutes Past Showtime
Lark Theater Wed, Aug 20 2:50 PM
The Feature Typically Starts 7-10 Minutes Past Showtime
Lark Theater Thu, Aug 21 4:00 PM
The Feature Typically Starts 7-10 Minutes Past Showtime

Description

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.



Director and screenwriter Sarah Friedland’s exquisite film is heartbreakingly authentic but warmhearted and even joyful at moments, as it respects the life of the regal and refined Ruth as well as those who know her or are just getting to know her... -Randy Myers, San Jose Mercury News

Chalfant’s Ruth is merely, momentously human: an older woman in need, but no less expressive of life’s fullness because of it. It’s a portrayal to remember, for as long as any of us can. -Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times

It’s devastating to behold. But devastation is only the culmination, and not the entirety, of Ruth’s journey, and Chalfant’s performance, for all its exquisite subtlety, is also furiously alive. -Justin Chang, The New Yorker