The Visitor

Walter Vale, an apathetic economics professor at a New England college, goes back to New York to give a lecture on a study he didn’t write. When he arrives at his small apartment, he discovers that a Syrian musician named Tarek and his Senegalese girlfriend Zainab, both illegal immigrants, are living there. An unexpected friendship forms between Walter and Tarek, which is put to the test when Tarek is arrested by the immigration police. A minor and effective drama by the director of The Station Agent.