FILM REVIEW - The Visitor

Description:
Walter Vale, widower and college professor, who travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young undocumented couple living in his apartment. He ends up befriending them. But Tarek is profiled by the police at a subway station and incarcerated, becoming subject to imminent deportation. When Tarek’s widowed mother, Mouna appears, Walter’s connection to this family in distress deepens and his narrowed horizons expand.
Toronto 2007, Sundance 2008, Method Fest 2008 Karlovy Vary 2008, Moscow International Film Festival 2008, Sarajevo Film Festival 2008, Haugesund Norwegian International Film Festival 2008, Deauville Film Festival 2008
Method Fest 2008: Best Actor (Richard Jenkins), Best Director (Tom McCarthy), Best Supporting Actress ( Danai Jekesai Gurira), Moscow International Film Festival: Silver St George (Best Actor - Richard Jenkins), Independent Spirit Award 2009 nominated: Richard Jenkins (Best Male Lead), Tom McCarthy (Best Director), Haaz Sleiman (Best Supporting Male), Screen Actors Guid Awards 2009 nominated: Richard Jenkins (Outstanding performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, Satellite Awards 2008: Richard Jenkins (