不速之客
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| 不速之客 The Visitor | |
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| 基本资料 | |
| 导演 | 托马斯·麦卡锡 |
| 监制 | 迈克尔·伦敦 玛丽·简·斯卡斯基 |
| 编剧 | 托马斯·麦卡锡 |
| 主演 | 理查德·詹金斯 Haaz Sleiman Danai Jekesai Gurira Hiam Abbass |
| 配乐 | Jan A.P. Kaczmarek |
| 摄影 | Oliver Bokelberg |
| 剪辑 | Tom McArdle |
| 制片商 | 參與者媒體[*] |
| 片长 | 103分钟 |
| 产地 | 美国 |
| 语言 | 英语 |
| 官方网站 | http://www.thevisitorfilm.com/ |
| 上映及发行 | |
| 上映日期 | 2008年4月11日 |
| 发行商 | Overture Films |
| 票房 | $15,164,738（全球） |
不速之客(The Visitor)是托马斯·麦卡锡执导的一部电影。主要反映一名鳏居的中年男子的自我认同、九一一事件后的移民问题和跨文化交流问题。主演理查德·詹金斯凭借此片获得81届奥斯卡最佳男主角奖提名。
剧情
Template:SpoilerH Walter Vale是一位丧偶的康涅狄格大学经济学教授。他跟凯伦学钢琴，因为他已故的妻子是古典音乐会钢琴演奏家。而且他致力于一本新书，希望这些能够充实他孤独的生活。然而他的努力没有产生令人鼓舞的结果。当他被要求在纽约大学的一个学术会议作报告时，他不情愿地接受了，因为他只是名义上的共同作者，甚至从来没有阅读过它。他的部门主管Charles，坚持Walter一定要去参加。
When he arrives at the apartment he maintains in Manhattan, he is startled to discover a young unmarried couple living there, having rented it from a swindler who claimed it was his. They are Tarek, a Syrian djembe player, and Zainab, a Senegalese designer of ethnic jewelry, and both are illegal immigrants. Although they have no place to go, they hastily pack and leave, but Walter follows them and persuades them to return. Over the next few days, a friendship slowly develops. Tarek teaches Walter to play the drum, and the two men join a group of others at an impromptu drum circle in Central Park.
En route home, Tarek is mistakenly charged with subway turnstile jumping, arrested for failing to pay his fare, and taken to a detention center for illegal immigrants in Queens. In order to prevent Tarek's deportation from the United States, Walter hires an immigration lawyer. Feeling uncomfortable about remaining in the apartment with Walter, Zainab moves out to live with relatives in The Bronx.
Tarek's mother Mouna unexpectedly arrives from her home in Michigan when she is unable to contact her son. Also in the States illegally, she accepts Walter's offer to stay in the apartment, and the two develop a friendship. Walter confesses his life is unfullfilling; he dislikes the single course he has taught for twenty years, and the book he allegedly is writing is nowhere near completion. She reveals her journalist husband died following a lengthy politically-motivated imprisonment in Syria, and she is concerned about her son's future prospects if he is deported. The two begin to share a simple domestic existence, with Mouna preparing meals and Walter treating her to The Phantom of the Opera when she mentions her love for the original cast recording Tarek sent her as a gift.
Without warning, Tarek is summarily deported to Syria, and Mouna decides to follow him. Alone once again, Walter plays his drum on a subway platform, as Tarek once told him he himself would like to do some time. Template:SpoilerF
主演
- 理查德·詹金斯 ..... 沃尔特·威乐(Walter Vale)
- Haaz Sleiman ..... Tarek
- Danai Jekesai Gurira ..... Zainab
- Hiam Abbass ..... Mouna
- Richard Kind ..... Jacob
- Michael Cumpsty ..... Charles
- Marian Seldes ..... Barbara