Star of “The Affair” and “House of Cards,” Chalfant has been a recognizable favorite for decades. However, her turn in this year’s Venice Film Festival player “Familiar Touch” has piqued Academy members’ interest in recent weeks.
Chalfant, 80, plays Ruth, a retired chef grappling with cognitive decline, in the project from writer-director Sarah Friedland. Overwhelmingly positive reviews out of Venice praised Chalfant for a career-best performance, with critics finding her work as subtle as it was affecting.
“Chalfant’s performance never treats Ruth as either a stooge or a figure of tragedy,” said Guy Lodge in his Venice review for Variety. “Most celebrated for her work in theater, the actor limns the character’s shifting states of consciousness with graceful precision, her face at times…
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