I NEED THE HANDSHAKES is an intimate film that uses subtle and poetic approach to create a story about the sacrifice and love of an elderly mother who is caring for her sick daughter. I need the handshakes is a film about struggle and the will to live. He touches the delicate issues of abandonment and illness, and with a sensitive documentary approach he manages to carefully penetrate the complex inner world of a woman who has been bedridden all her life, causing a strong emotional experience in the viewers.