Touch Me Not
Contemporary Masters • 2h 3m
Adina Pintilie • 2018 • Romania
Touch Me Not interrogates our notions of intimacy, and beauty, through a series of encounters with individuals who eschew touch.
NOTE: The following film contains explicit images and graphic sexual content
Essay: Corporeal Legibility in the Age of Coronavirus—Adina Pintilie's Touch Me Not
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