Sound approach to empathy.

Making Friends is about nursing student Max, medical student Jalisa and a rather grumpy retired man called Arthur. Arthur disapproves of the gardening practices of two young medical students who have the allotment next to his, which was previously kept by Arthur’s recently deceased friend. Arthur has lost his wife through dementia and is finding it difficult to cope with his losses and his arthritis. A clash of cultures occurs when Arthur confronts the students holding a rowdy barbecue on the allotment. But Arthur has an accident witnessed by Max and Jalisa, who call an ambulance and then visit him in hospital. Eventually, they become friends and the students understand what Arthur is going through. D A V ID G E E