An adaptation of the best-selling novel by Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson, Touch is the achingly poignant story of an elderly man who, on receiving a troubling medical diagnosis, embarks on an epic quest to find his long-lost first love. Widower Kristofer (Egill Ólafsson) sets off from Iceland on a seemingly impossible mission. Decades earlier, the young Kristofer (Pálmi Kormákur) met his first love, Miko (Kōki), in London. A student of economics, he decides to give up his studies and work in a Japanese restaurant. There he meets Miko, the owner’s daughter, and romance blossoms. Then she disappears without a trace. All these years later, with limited time left, Kristofer tries to track her down, eventually leading him to Japan and an astonishing discovery. A deeply moving, delicate, and spellbinding romance.

There will be Open Captioned screenings at 15.30 on Friday 30th, and 20.30 on Sunday, September 1st.

Notes by David O’Mahony