THE VISITOR - I Just Want My Life

Walter (Richard Jenkins) visits Tarek (Haaz Sleiman) in the detention center.

The Visitor

In a world of six billion people, it only takes one to change your life. In actor and filmmaker Tom McCarthy's follow-up to his award winning directorial debut The Station Agent, Richard Jenkins (Six Feet Under) stars as a disillusioned Connecticut economics professor whose life is transformed by a chance encounter in New York City.
Sixty-two-year-old Walter Vale (Jenkins) is sleepwalking through his life. Having lost his passion for teaching and writing, he fills the void by unsuccessfully trying to learn to play classical piano. When his college sends him to Manhattan to attend a conference, Walter is surprised to find a young couple has taken up residence in his apartment. Victims of a real estate scam, Tarek (Haaz Sleiman), a Syrian man, and Zainab (Danai Gurira), his Senegalese girlfriend, have nowhere else to go. In the first of a series of tests of the heart, Walter reluctantly allows the couple to stay with him.
Touched by his kindness, Tarek, a talented musician, insists on teaching the aging academic to play the African drum. The instrument's exuberant rhythms revitalize Walter's faltering spirit and open his eyes to a vibrant world of local jazz clubs and Central Park drum circles. As the friendship between the two men deepens, the differences in culture, age and temperament fall away.
After being stopped by police in the subway, Tarek is arrested as an undocumented citizen and held for deportation. As his situation turns desperate, Walter finds himself compelled to help his new friend with a passion he thought he had long ago lost. When Tarek's beautiful mother Mouna (Hiam Abbass) arrives unexpectedly in search of her son, the professor's personal commitment develops into an unlikely romance.
And it's through these new found connections with these virtual strangers that Walter is awakened to a new world and a new life.

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[darkwolfchuunin]

MALIK!

[zhenji03]

oh malik. that accent . . . ♥

[Portolinha]

maliiiiiiiiiik ;O;

he's not a crminal!!! he's sexy :3 LOLz

[etsneroj]

@littlemoroccan, I have never applied for a visa. But it would not surprise me to find that the process is slow, inefficient, and sometimes unfair. Unfortunately, most governments programs are that way. All I am saying is that if you evade the law, you are voluntarily taking a gamble. You cannot break the law and then say it is unjust when the law is enforced against you. Like I said, even a very progressive and well-run country would kick me out if they discovered I overstayed my visa.

[littlemoroccan]

@etsneroj have you ever tried to apply for papers..the waiting list in immigration..they cost you a fortune and then after years or months they deny you. A lot of people apply and they wait hopelessly for answers. Yes its good for immigration to be strict to keep the bad out..but for the honest people who just want to make a life..what about them?

[sakallikedi]

its funny almost everyone is here because of AC :D

I can't blaim y'all though, i played the game and saw the movie and the whole time i half expect him to suddenly start scowling and sarcastically insult Altair out of the blue :D

[foxboy9]

all malik all the time! <3

[GothicCurls9]

Here because of Assassins Creed... Oh god all I can think is MALIIIIK ~

Otherwise, this looks like... really good. Haaz's acting skills are even better than expected! <3

[Fabspire]

@etsneroj Yeah, but that Visa law is a little bit ridiculous. I mean if they stay an extra day even they're in the shit pot.

Our country needs a HUGE revision on immigration and visa laws.

[zanthus7]

Haaz Sleiman is incredibly sexy.

[etsneroj]

Actually, the Tarek characeter in this movie did commit a crime. He deliberately overstayed his visa. If I did that in Syria (or almost any other country) would they deport me? Yes. Is it unfair? Only if you think people are entitled to break the law without any consequences. Is it racist? No. The USA opens itself up to more [legal] immigrants than any other country on the globe.