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“The Visitor”

A lonesome widower and college economics professor finds his mundane existence suddenly shaken up when he befriends a pair of illegal immigrants, one of whom has recently been threatened with deportation by U.S. immigration authorities. When Walter’s college sends him to a conference in Manhattan, he is surprised to discover that the young couple has moved into his seldom-used apartment in the city. Tarek (Haaz Sleiman) and his Senegalese girlfriend Zainab (Danai Gurira) have fallen victims to an elaborate real-estate scam, and as a result they no longer have a place to call home. When Walter reluctantly allows the couple to remain in his apartment, talented musician Tarek insists on repaying his host’s kindness by teaching him to play the African drum. Over the course of Walter’s lessons, the ageing academic finds his spirits revitalized. When Tarek’s mother arrives in the city in search of her son, that passion turns to romance -- something that Walter had previously thought he would never experience again. ~ from Jason Buchanan, Rovi (Rotten Tomatoes)