Independent Film: Assisted Living April 28, 2005

Great independent film playing for one week, starting Friday, at Kendal Square Cinema:

Todd (Michael Bonsignore) is a pot-smoking 27-year-old janitor at a nursing home. He breaks the monotony of his days with entertaining?and extremely unprofessional?diversions involving the residents: he rides through the halls in borrowed wheelchairs; he plays pool and Scrabble with them; he even "plays God" on the telephone, giving residents the illusion of speaking to their departed loved ones in heaven. As Todd's friendship with Mrs. Pearlman (an Alzheimer's patient) develops, she begins to mistake the janitor for her son. When Todd in turn begins to assume the role, he rediscovers his own humanity and instigates a transformation for them both. Official Web Site

Trailer here:
http://www.assistedlivingthemovie.com/Trailer.htm

Movie site here:
http://www.assistedlivingthemovie.com/