The Visitor of Life

Walter (Richard Jenkins)'s life has remained unchanged. He has taught the same course for more than 20 years, co-authored a book with others that he had not contributed half of, hired a private teacher to learn piano and had difficulty getting along with others. Life is as boring as a pool of stagnant water. It was not until Shelly, who co-authored the book with him, was due to give birth that she was unable to attend the annual academic meeting and replaced it with Walter, that his life changed. Walter, who rarely goes to New York due to the death of his wife, returned home to New York and was shocked to find two strangers at home! After the misunderstanding, I realized that the young couple had been deceived into renting this room. Walter asked them to stay. Tarek was an enthusiastic young man from Syria who loved playing drums, and his girlfriend was a black man from Senegal. Walter was impressed by Tarek's cheerfulness and learned to play drums from him. He also followed him to the park to participate in ethnic minority drumming practices. That day, Walter and Tarek were rushing home after practicing. When crossing the subway, Tarek missed the best opportunity to pass the checkpoint because he had to play drums. He was arrested and detained by the police when he jumped over the checkpoint. Only then did Walter realize that they were illegal immigrants, and he hired a lawyer to run away for him.