| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | THE VISITOR (2007) |
| Director | Tom McCarthy |
| Writer | Tom McCarthy |
| Lead Actor | Richard Jenkins |
| Cast | Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Gurira |
| Genre | Drama |
| Release Date | May 23, 2008 (United States) |
| Duration | 1h 44m(104 min) |
| Budget | $85 million |
| Language | English |
| IMDB Rating | 7.6/10 |
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Walter Vale (Richard Jenkins, Shall We Dance) is a dispirited widowed college professor in Connecticut who attends a conference in Manhattan and finds two strangers living in his seldom-used apartment. Both are undocumented Muslims: Zainab (Danai Jekesai Gurira) is a young woman from Senegal and Tarek (Haaz Sleiman), her boyfriend, is from Syria.
Walter allows them to stay and he learns to play African drums from Tarek. After undercover police arrest Tarek, Walter hires an immigration lawyer and becomes Tarek’s only visitor at the detention center.
This original story is written and directed by Thomas McCarthy, who also scripted The Station Agent, one of my favorite films. Whereas that film had elements of humor and whimsy, The Visitor is gentle and deliberate, if not somewhat plodding.
The Visitor evokes quiet reflection on the state of U.S. immigration in a post 9/11 era, and who or what process decides who can stay or visit America today. The film elicits fine performances from Richard Jenkins and Haaz Sleiman an actor to watch.
Since we are all visitors on this earth and neighbors, perhaps the film suggests we ask ourselves, “What is the next step for citizens of the global village?” One sure answer to this question is that the arts and music, in particular, give us a universal language that can bring us out of ourselves and unite us as members of the human family. Brief strong language.
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