不速之客
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| 不速之客 The Visitor | |
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| 基本資料 | |
| 導演 | 托馬斯·麥卡錫 |
| 監製 | 米高·倫敦 瑪麗·簡·斯卡斯基 |
| 編劇 | 托馬斯·麥卡錫 |
| 主演 | 理查德·詹金斯 Haaz Sleiman Danai Jekesai Gurira Hiam Abbass |
| 配樂 | Jan A.P. Kaczmarek |
| 攝影 | Oliver Bokelberg |
| 剪接 | Tom McArdle |
| 製片商 | 參與者媒體[*] |
| 片長 | 103分鐘 |
| 產地 | 美國 |
| 語言 | 英語 |
| 官方網站 | http://www.thevisitorfilm.com/ |
| 上映及發行 | |
| 上映日期 | 2008年4月11日 |
| 發行商 | Overture Films |
| 票房 | $15,164,738（全球） |
不速之客(The Visitor)是托馬斯·麥卡錫執導的一部電影。主要反映一名鰥居的中年男子的自我認同、九一一事件後的移民問題和跨文化交流問題。主演理查德·詹金斯憑藉此片獲得81屆奧斯卡最佳男主角獎提名。
劇情
Template:SpoilerH Walter Vale是一位喪偶的康涅狄格大學經濟學教授。他跟凱倫學鋼琴，因為他已故的妻子是古典音樂會鋼琴演奏家。而且他致力於一本新書，希望這些能夠充實他孤獨的生活。然而他的努力沒有產生令人鼓舞的結果。當他被要求在紐約大學的一個學術會議作報告時，他不情願地接受了，因為他只是名義上的共同作者，甚至從來沒有閱讀過它。他的部門主管Charles，堅持Walter一定要去參加。
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 ..... 沃爾特·威樂(Walter Vale)
- Haaz Sleiman ..... Tarek
- Danai Jekesai Gurira ..... Zainab
- Hiam Abbass ..... Mouna
- Richard Kind ..... Jacob
- Michael Cumpsty ..... Charles
- Marian Seldes ..... Barbara