The Visitor (2007)
- Directed by
- Tom McCarthy
- Genre
- drama film, crime film, romance film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 507 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A lonely widower in his 60s lives a routine life in Connecticut. When he goes to his New York apartment for work, he finds an immigrant couple living there. He forms a friendship with them that changes his outlook on life.
lonelyquietmelancholichopefulslow-burnthoughtfulwarmintimate
What happens
The Visitor is a 2007 American drama film written and directed by Tom McCarthy and produced by Michael London and Mary Jane Skalski. Executive producers were Jeff Skoll and Omar Amanat. The film focuses on a lonely man in late middle age whose life changes when a chance encounter with an immigrant couple forces him to face issues relating to identity, immigration, and cross-cultural communication in post-9/11 New York City. For The Visitor, McCarthy won the 2008 Independent Spirit Award for Best Director, while Richard Jenkins was nominated for Best Actor at the 81st Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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