From writer/director Tom McCarthy of "The Station Agent" comes this soulful indie drama.
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Walter Vale (Richard Jenkins Six Feet Under) a widower of fve years lives an aimless life as a college economics professor in suburban Connecticut When Walter reluctantly agrees to fll in for a colleague at a conference in New York City he discovers a young couple Tarek (Haaz Sleiman) and Zainab (Danai Gurira) have been scammed into illegally renting his vacant fat Walter agrees to let them stay until they fnd a place of their own However when an interaction with the police lands Tarek an undocumented New Yorker in an ICE detention center Walter emerges as the only person able to visit Tarek When Tarek s mother Mouna (Hiam Abbass) appears in search of her son Walter s emotional commitment in Tarek s case is sealed As the four people struggle to deal with the stark realities of the US immigration system and their own individual lives their shared humanity is revealed in awkward humorous and dramatic ways
A college professor finds his life taking a new direction when he crosses paths with a pair of illegal immigrants in this bittersweet urban drama. Walter Vale (Richard Jenkins), a 60-something college professor, is treading water. Bored with his life and with no passion for his work, he takes up classical piano lessons to try and fill the vacuum. When his college sends him to Manhattan for a conference, he returns to his apartment to find a young couple have taken up residence. Having fallen foul of a real-estate scam, Tarek (Haaz Sleiman), a Syrian, and his Senegalese girlfriend Zainab (Dania Gurira), are homeless. Generously, Walter lets them both stay, and Tarek, in return, offers to teach the academic how to play the African drum. The vibrant rhythms of the drum soon have a therapeutic effect on the professor's flagging spirit, leading him to explore New York's diverse musical life. The two men, previously separated by culture and age, quickly develop a genuine and deep friendship. When Tarek is suddenly arrested by the authorities and faces deportation, Walter realises that he has to help his friend at all costs, discovering a passion he thought was lost forever.
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