The Ventnor Film Society present … The Visitor. A college professor and recent widower, Walter Vale, discovers a pair of illegal aliens, victims of a real-estate scam, living in his New York apartment.
After the mix-up is resolved, Vale invites the couple””a young, Syrian musician named Tarek and his Senegalese girlfriend””to stay with him.
An unlikely friendship develops between the retiring, quiet Vale and the vibrant Tarek.
All goes well until Tarek is hauled in by immigration authorities and threatened with deportation.
The wheels of injustice in immigration crush hope in post-9/11 America, and Vale soon realizes that positive changes in his personal life might be all that endures from this enhancing encounter.
Tuesday May 5th 2009 7.30pm
Dir: Tom McCarthy USA 2006 104 mins Cert 15
Cast: Richard Jenkins, Hazz Sleiman, Hiam Abbas, Michael Cumpsty, Maggie Moore, Deborah Rush, Marian Seldes
Single Ticket: £4.50 (£3.50 Concessionary)
Concessionary tickets are available to students, senior citizens and the unwaged.
