Film Screening and Discussion: The Visitor

5 S Greenwood Ave,Hopewell NJ 08525

03 March, 2022

Description

Part of Pennington Public Library's 2020 NEA Big Read. Join us for a free screening of "The Visitor" and stay for some lively discussion. Film Summary 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. It comes out that it was rented to them by a swindler, and Vale feels sufficiently sorry for them that he invites them to stay. They get on well until Tarek is accused of jumping a subway turnstile and lands in a detention center. He risks being deported, and Vale does everything he can to prevent it. About Post Film Discussion Leaders Katie Connolly and Julie Aberger Pennington NJ residents Katie and Julie have been friends and neighbors for almost 40 years, and for the past several years have watched movies together weekly. Besides the movie, they enjoy wine, food, talk and laughter. Oh, and did we mention wine? The women turned to the huge selection of movies, foreign and domestic, from the Mercer County and Pennington Libraries. While watching, they eat. And sometimes drink. Katie cooks vegan while Julie orders pizza. After the movie, the two discuss and often disagree about what they have seen, sometimes vociferously. Julie's faves: Nordic noir (e.g., "As It Is In Heaven”) and German (as in "The Lives of Others”), and other dark narratives that reflect foreign culture and flawed protagonists. Katie's faves: French film maker Francis Veber and his slapstick movies such as "The Closet" and "The Tall Man With One Black Shoe”, as well as the often surreal movies of Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar. Co-sponsored by the Pennington Public Library and the Hopewell Public Library This program is part of the 2022 NEA Big Read, which encourages the Pennington community to read the same book and participate in a wide variety of events. The Best We Could Do is an intimate and poignant graphic novel portraying one family’s journey from war-torn Vietnam. NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. Please visit PenningtonLibrary.org/2022BigRead for a full calendar of events and more information. NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.