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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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