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Walter Vale is a widowed Connecticut College economics professor who lives a fairly solitary existence. He fills his days by sometimes taking piano lessons in an effort to emulate his late wife, a classical concert pianist, and infrequently works on a new book.
The Visitor: Directed by Tom McCarthy. With Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Gurira, Hiam Abbass. A college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.
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- Drama
- Tom McCarthy
- 2008-05-23
Richard Jenkins plays the emotionally inert Professor Walter Vale in "The Visitor." Richard Jenkins is an actor who can move his head half an inch and provide the turning point of a film. That happens in “The Visitor,” where he plays a man around 60 who has essentially shut down all of his emotions.
The ending of The Visitor can be interpreted in various ways, but here is one possible explanation: In the final scene, Walter returns to the drum circle, a place where he had previously found solace and connection. As he plays the djembe, a West African drum, Walter’s emotions are evident.
Prof. Walter Vale : [Walks up to the phone number on the wall, walks back to the window] You can't just take people away like that. Do you hear me? He was a good man, a good person.
When professor Walter Vale (Richard Jenkins) travels to New York for a lecture, he's stunned to find illegal immigrants Tarek (Haaz Sleiman) and Zainab (Danai Gurira) living in his apartment.
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- Drama
- PG-13
Apr 11, 2008 · Directed by Tom McCarthy. Drama. PG-13. 1h 44m. By A.O. Scott. April 11, 2008. When we first meet Walter Vale (Richard Jenkins), he is in a state of emotional inertia that clinicians might...
