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Plot:
In a world of six billion people, it only takes one to change
your life. In actor and filmmaker Tom McCarthy's follow-up
to his award winning directorial debut The Station Agent,
Richard Jenkins (Six Feet Under) stars as a disillusioned
Connecticut economics professor whose life is transformed
by a chance encounter in New York City.
Sixty-two-year-old Walter Vale (Richard Jenkins) is sleepwalking
through his life. Having lost his passion for teaching and
writing, he fills the void by unsuccessfully trying to learn
to play classical piano. When his college sends him to Manhattan
to attend a conference, Walter is surprised to find a young
couple has taken up residence in his apartment. Victims of
a real estate scam, Tarek (Haaz Sleiman), a Syrian man, and
Zainab (Danai Gurira), his Senegalese girlfriend, have nowhere
else to go. In the first of a series of tests of the heart,
Walter reluctantly allows the couple to stay with him.
Touched by his kindness, Tarek, a talented musician, insists
on teaching the aging academic to play the African drum. The
instrument's exuberant rhythms revitalize Walter's faltering
spirit and open his eyes to a vibrant world of local jazz
clubs and Central Park drum circles. As the friendship between
the two men deepens, the differences in culture, age and temperament
fall away.
After being stopped by police in the subway, Tarek is arrested
as an undocumented citizen and held for deportation. As his
situation turns desperate, Walter finds himself compelled
to help his new friend with a passion he thought he had long
ago lost. When Tarek's beautiful mother Mouna (Hiam Abbass)
arrives unexpectedly in search of her son, the professor's
personal commitment develops into an unlikely romance.
And it's through these new found connections with these virtual
strangers that Walter is awakened to a new world and a new
life.
DETAILS__________
Studio:
Overture Films
Production Co:
Groundswell Productions
Participant Productions
A Next Wednesday Prod.
Release Date:
April 11, 2008
RELATED LINKS__________
Wikipedia - Movie Info
en.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia - Director Info
en.wikipedia.org
Take Part
www.takepart.com/thevisitor
Production Site
www.participantmedia.com
Production Site
www.groundswellfilms.com
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