THE VISITOR - Beloved One

Walter (Richard Jenkins) & Tarek (Haaz Sleiman) stop by Zainab's (Danai Gurira) jewelry table at the outdoor market in New York.

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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[indianigerian1]

I love this film.

[honidizzle]

She has a lot of self control... if Tariq smiled at me like that I would've melted into a puddle... instantly...

[LuNaTeCh66]

My GF is Afrikan and Purto Rican, and she has longhair :/

[bumshka21]

I never understood this exchange.  What's the joke mean?

[misscamara12]

@TheAyisyenne You seem to be implying there are no thin african girls with long hair. Relax. Besides, MOST african women do NOT have a shaved head like the girl in the movie ok.

[misscamara12]

@TheAyisyenne Nope, just a prettier girl. Stop being so senstitive. I am dark myself.

[TheAyisyenne]

@misscamara12 Right. You mean one with a straight-european-like nose, longer hair and lips a bit smaller?

[misscamara12]

The girl they picked is kinda ugly. There are a lot more beautiful african women they could have chosen.

[omonaija4life]

this movie explains exactly what happens in real life...i can really relate to it.

[KinshipWAMBaGhanaba]

I realy liked this film. I realy felt for them as a couple

[Vickelepickel]

This movie..wow. I loved it..its so stinking ..awesome! funny, sad, romantic..all of the above