The Visitor
Year | 2007 |
Starring | Danai Gurira, Haaz Sleiman, Richard Jenkins |
Director(s) | Thomas McCarthy |
Rating | PG-13 |
Genre(s) | Crime, Drama, Romance |
Runtime | 104 min |
Walter Vale discovers a pair of illegal aliens who were the victims of a real-estate scam living in his New York apartment. After the mix-up is resolved, Vale invites the couple–a young, Syrian musician named Tarek and his Senegalese girlfriend–to stay with him. An unlikely friendship develops between the retiring, quiet Vale and the vibrant Tarek, and the former begins to loosen up and respond to Tarek’s drumming lessons as if something in him waiting to be liberated has finally been unleashed.