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The
Visitor (1 hr. 48
min., Rated: PG-13)
SHOWTIMES:
Fri - Thurs: 7/25
- 7/31
12:00pm, 2:20pm, 4:45pm, 7:15pm, 9:40pm
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Cast
Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Gurira,
Hiam Abbass, Marian Seldes
Director
Tom McCarthy
Distributor
Overture Films
MPAA Rating
PG-13 for brief strong language
Official
Site
www.thevisitorfilm.com
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Synopsis:
Comedy
and Drama
In a world of six billion people, it only takes
one to change your life. Sixty-two-year-old
Walter Vale 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, a Syrian man,
and Zainab, 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 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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