DVD The Visitor Cert 5 2008

Walter Vale a widower of 5 years lives an aimless life as a college economics professor in suburban Connectlcut. When Walter reluctantly agrees to fill in for a colleague at a conference in New York City he discovers a young couple Tarek and Zainab have been scammed into illegally renting his vacant flat.Walter agrees to let them stay until they find a place of their own. However when an interaction with the Police lands Tarek an undocumented New Yorker in an ICE detention centre. Walter is the only person able to visit Tarek. When Tarek's mother Mouna e is appears in search of her son- Walter's emotional commitment in Tarek's case is sealed . As the 4 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. Really good story.