The Visitor
Lovely moving
film about an economics professor (Walter), excellently played by Richard
Jenkins,
who upon discovering squatters in his New York flat, sees his life
take a few sharp turns. He befriends the
young couple, Tarek, a Syrian street musician and his Senegalese girlfriend and
starts learning African drumming which unlocks his heart. Tarek is then arrested as an illegal
immigrant 
and things get serious. Mouna,
Tarek’s mother comes to town and Walter has to help her get her son released. But it is not so simple when the US
bureaucracy post-9/11 is in full flight.
This is a film about humanity, about trusting strangers, about opening
doors, about going through open doors and discovering how people you have
nothing to do with on the surface can be some of the most important people in
your life. Beautiful acting by the three
leads and a beautiful film all round.
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