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Synopsis:
Hailed
as "one of the year's most intriguing dramas" (Claudia
Puig, USA Today), The Visitor stars Richard Jenkins (Six Feet
Under) in a "perfect performance" (Lisa Schwarzbaum,
Entertainment Weekly) as Walter, a disaffected college professor
who has been drifting aimlessly through his life.
When, in a chance encounter on a trip into New York, Walter discovers
a couple has taken up residence in his apartment in the city,
he develops an unexpected and profound connection to them that
will change his life forever.
As challenges arise for his tenants Tarek (Haaz Sleiman) and Zainab
(Danai Gurira), Walter finds himself compelled to help his new
friends, and rediscovers a passion he thought he had lost long
ago.
Written and directed by Tom McCarthy (The Station Agent), internationally-renowned
Hiam Abbass (Munich) co-stars in "the year's first genuine
must-see film" (Ann Hornaday,The Washington Post) about rediscovering
life's rhythms in the most unexpected places. |
