Directed by Rachel Fleit, the documentary film ‘The Slightest Touch’ centers on Emma Fogarty who lives with Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) – a rare and extremely painful genetic condition that leaves her skin so fragile it blisters and tears at the slightest touch. As she turns 40, the age doctors predicted she would never reach, she takes up an offer from her long-time friend, Colin Farrell, to complete the Dublin Marathon together, with Farrell pushing her wheelchair for the final few miles. ‘The Slightest Touch’ follows their lives and the enduring friendship that has sustained them through the years.
‘The Slightest Touch’ is produced by Rachel Fleit, Claudine Farrell, Colin Farrell, Trevor Birney, Eimhear O’Neill, and Frank Marshall, with executive producers Aly Parker, Tony Rosenthal, Alexandra Bowen, Ori Eisen, Michael Raimondi, Katherine LeBlond, and the Deshe Family. Production companies are Fine Point Films and Chapel Place Productions, in association with The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Original Films, Deshe Capital LLC, The deNovo Initiative, Union Editorial, Northern Ireland Screen and Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland. HBO Documentary Films presents the film.
The film’s cinematography is by Shane Sigler, the editing is by Sloane Klevin, with music by Wynne Ashley Bennett and Raphaelle Thibaut.
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HBO will release ‘The Slightest Touch’ on November 25, 2026 (9:00-10:43 p.m. ET/PT), and it will be available to stream on HBO Max.
Colin Farrell is most known for In Bruges, The Banshees of Inisherin and The Penguin. Rachel Fleit is most known for Introducing, Selma Blair and Bama Rush.
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