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In Sarah Friedland’s Venice Drama ‘Familiar Touch’ Older Adults Don’t ‘Fade Away’: ‘Their Senses Intensify’
Director Sarah Friedland talks about older adults, identity and care labor in Venice premiere ‘Familiar Touch’.
In “Familiar Touch,” premiering in Venice’s Orizzonti section, she’s celebrating sensuality of older adults, especially Ruth (“The Affair”), transitioning to life in assisted living. “Haunted” by that dichotomy, Friedland answered an ad from a sculptor with dementia, looking for “part-assistant and part-caregiver.” Later, she ended up working with other New York City artists and creatives suffering from that illness. Friedland — who in the past assisted such directors as Steve McQueen and Kelly Reichardt — hopes that after watching the film, viewers will think about their own desires and needs, and will be able to express their wishes for how they would like to be cared for as they age.
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