The Visitor @ CineArts

On the menu is 'The Visitor', a smart comedy/drama about how a chance encounter can transform lives (See synopsis below).

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Movie starts at 7.10, I'll be at the theater around 6.45 ... and we can go for a drink or coffee after the movie

There is a chance that either the time or the program change on short notice, depending on showtime changes at the CineArts (I'll keep you updated)

Synopsis:
In a world of six billion people, it only takes one to change your life. In actor and filmmaker Tom McCarthy?s follow-up to his award winning directorial debut The Station Agent, Richard Jenkins (Six Feet Under) stars as a disillusioned Connecticut economics professor whose life is transformed by a chance encounter in New York City.

Sixty-two-year-old Walter Vale (Jenkins) is sleepwalking through his life. Having lost his passion for teaching and writing, he fills the void by unsuccessfully trying to learn to play classical piano. When his college sends him to Manhattan to attend a conference, Walter is surprised to find a young couple has taken up residence in his apartment. Victims of a real estate scam, Tarek (Haaz Sleiman), a Syrian man, and Zainab (Danai Gurira), his Senegalese girlfriend, have nowhere else to go. In the first of a series of tests of the heart, Walter reluctantly allows the couple to stay with him.

Touched by his kindness, Tarek, a talented musician, insists on teaching the aging academic to play the African drum. The instrument?s exuberant rhythms revitalize Walter?s faltering spirit and open his eyes to a vibrant world of local jazz clubs and Central Park drum circles. As the friendship between the two men deepens, the differences in culture, age and temperament fall away.

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