The Visitor : what if people were more human?

Walter Vale (R. Jenkins), an economics professor in his sixties, has lost his passion for teaching and hopes to fill the void by learning to play the piano. When he goes to Manhattan to attend a conference, Walter discovers a young couple in his apartment. Tarek (H. Sleiman) and his girlfriend Zainab (D. Gurira) are victims of property fraud and have nowhere else to go. Walter gives them a roof over their head, but then one day Tarek is arrested for being an illegal immigrant...

In "The Visitor", Thomas McCarthy shows how an unexpected encounter can change a person's life. The dialogue is authentic, the screenplay is original and the story has a human touch. This is a glimpse into what might happen if differences of cultural background, age and social status did not exist.

The bonus features are a rich mix of deleted scenes and interviews with the film crew.