Tagline: "Connection is everything."
Length: 91 minutesMPAA Rating: PG-13 for brief strong language
Richard Jenkins (Six Feet Under) stars in this character study written and directed by Tom McCarthy (The Station Agent). Jenkins plays Walter Vale, a 60ish university professor who lives alone in Connecticut, but he also has a Manhattan apartment he rarely uses. When he goes there after a long absence, he finds a guy from Syria and his Senegalese girlfriend living in it. A friendship gradually develops between the two men, and the Syrian teaches Vale to play African drums. Then the Syrian runs afoul of immigration authorities, and the professor tries to help him out. Selected DVD Special Features:
- Widescreen
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