Film

My elder friends

Director: Camila Ritorni

Curiosity meets wisdom.

Uruguay’s first sustained and systematic intergenerational initiative: a documentary following the daily encounters between older adults living in a nursing home and young children from a kindergarten.

Top cast

Sonia

Nursing home resident

Catalina

Nursing home resident

Matilde

Nursing home resident

Delfina

Kindergarten student

Alfonsina

Kindergarten student

Matias

Kindergarten student

Leyla

Kindergarten student

Iracema

Nursing Home resident

Susana

Gonzalo Ribas

Agustina

Gabriela Martinez Tejedor

Valentina

Psychologist

Walter

Nursing Home resident

Lala

Kindergarten director

Directed by

Camila Ritorni

Produced by

Gonzalo Ribas