The Visitor (Journal article 2)

I not only read this article but I got a hold of the trailer.   This is exactly the type of movie that interests me.  Movies based of true events really get to me.  It's about a college professor who basically lives a lonely and boring life.  He goes to New York to present a paper that his collegue can't attend because of pregnancy.  Upon getting into his New York apartment he realizes that a couple had been living there for two months.  They pack their bags and leave right away, but Vale (the college professor) agrees to let them stay until they figure things out.  That's totally understandable.  Because of the fact that he's lonely, and a good person, I'm sure them staying there isn't a problem at all.  After getting to know the couple, (Tarek and Zainab,) he realizes Tarek is a musician who plays African drums.  All Vale plays is the piano, but he ends up learning the African drums by Tarek and bonds with him, going to his shows, etc.  One day in the subway Tarek gets unsuspectedly arrested and taken to a correction center.  Vale visits him and finds out that both Tarek and Zainab are both illegal immigrants from Syria.  Tarek's mother comes to Vales doorstep worried that she hasn't heard from Tarek for 5 days, and forms a bond with Vale.  Vale ends up being the messenger from Tarek's girlfriend and mother because they can't visit him themselves because they're illegal as well, until Tarek ends up getting deported back to Syria.  

More films like this need to be in contemporary media because not only are they entertaining, but they're based off of true events and stories, and some people can relate.  (Last year one of my best friends was deported and fired from my work.)  A lot of people know the struggles of what they went through in the film.