Senior Community Cinema: Familiar Touch

Ruth Goldman (Chalfant), an older woman with dementia, leaves her home for a date. But what she thinks is a hotel turns out to be an assisted living facility, and she must contend with an array of new faces, routines, and surroundings as her own identities and desires evolve.

While Ruth resists identifying with her ageing neighbours, she connects with the facility's care workers (Carolyn Michelle and Andy McQueen) and is drawn towards her son (H Jon Benjamin), whom she mistakes for a suitor.

A former cook, Ruth finds agency preparing meals in the facility kitchen, sliding into younger selves as she embraces the sensory experiences of the community's activities and daily life. But when the reality of her situation sinks in, Ruth feels betrayed and flees the facility in search of something familiar.