TY  - ADVS
AU  - Abbass,Hiam
AU  - Gurira,Danai
AU  - Jenkins,Richard
AU  - London,Michael
AU  - McCarthy,Tom
AU  - Skalski,Mary Jane
AU  - Skoll,Jeff
AU  - Sleiman,Haaz
ED  - Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc.
ED  - Groundswell Productions.
ED  - Next Wednesday (Firm)
ED  - Overture Films.
ED  - Participant Productions.
TI  - The visitor
PY  - 2008///]
CY  - Burbank, CA
PB  - Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
KW  - College teachers
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - New York
KW  - Drama
KW  - DVD
KW  - Illegal aliens
KW  - Widowers
KW  - Colleges and universities
KW  - Faculty
KW  - New York (N.Y.)
KW  - Feature films
KW  - United States
KW  - Fiction films
KW  - Independent films
KW  - Video recordings for the hearing impaired
KW  - gsafd
KW  - Melodrama films
KW  - Melodrama
KW  - Feature
KW  - migfg
N1  - Special features: Playing the Djembe; "The visitor: an inside look" featurette; audio commentary with director Tom McCarthy and actor Richard Jenkins; deleted scenes; Executive producer, Jeff Skoll ... [et al.]; director of photography, Oliver Bokelberg ; editor, Tom McArdle ; music, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek ; costume designer, Melissa Toth ; production designer, John Paino; Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Gurira, Hiam Abbass, Marian Seldes, Maggie Moore, Michael Cumpsty, Bill McHenry, Richard Kind; MPAA rating: PG-13; for brief strong language
N2  - Walter Vale is a widower who teaches economics at a Connecticut university. He lives alone and is no longer motivated by his work. In New York to present a paper at a conference, he goes to the apartment that he has not visited in some time, but has kept since his wife was alive, only to discover a young couple living there. Despite their great cultural differences, Walter befriends Tarek, a Syrian citizen and drummer, and gradually builds a friendship with Esi, his girlfriend from Senegal. One day, when returning from Central Park with Walter, Tarek is arrested for jumping a stuck subway turnstile, despite the fact that he had paid. The police discover he does not have legal papers and transfer him to an immigrant detention center in Queens. Feeling responsible for and connected to Tarek, Walter decides to stay in New York to help and support him. Not hearing from her son, Tarek's mother arrives from Michigan to find out why, and she and Walter support one another while they attempt to free Tarek
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