Because of you, I am what I am now

Jeanne 2022-03-25 09:01:14

In your life, many people are visitors to your life. Some people are just a landscape of your life. They think it is beautiful after seeing it. Maybe they have never encountered this unique landscape again. You accompany you, accompany you to move forward together, influence you, and change you. This movie is about the visitor in the male protagonist's life, how he changed his original life and made the male protagonist's life different.

This is a movie with little ups and downs. It just describes the life of the male protagonist and records the changes in the male protagonist's life. You need to calm down and watch this movie. Some people may not feel the loneliness of the male protagonist, but some people feel the same. This may be related to personal character experience. Come down and watch this movie.

At the beginning of the movie, the male protagonist Walter stands in front of the window, looking out, maybe he is looking at the scenery, maybe he is just waiting for his piano teacher.


Walter, who is in his 50s, wants to learn to play the piano. Playing the piano, she is willing to buy the piano. Here we don't know the reason why Richard wanted to learn to play the piano, there will be an explanation later.

Walter is a teacher. In the face of students who submit papers late, he abides by the rules, and the students leave in anger. Just like his life, accidents are not allowed, and he resists accidents in his heart. Then it came unexpectedly, he had to go to a meeting in the field, his first reaction was to refuse. Here we also learn about Richard, who only teaches one class.


When he arrived in the city where the meeting was held, he had a house there, and unexpectedly found that someone else lived in his house. After a conflict, Tarek and his girlfriend who lived here knew that they had been cheated and had to Move out of here. The two of them left, and after seeing the photo of the two of them lost in the house, they felt a little touched. They returned the photo to Tariq, who was calling for emergency services, and invited the two to stay and live here temporarily.


And just like that, the three strangers lived together. Richard's life also began to change.


After attending a meeting, I met the resident here when I returned to the residence, and the two talked. Here we know that Richard's wife has passed away, and she can still play the piano. Richard wants to learn the piano, I am afraid he misses his wife.

After a meeting, he heard someone knocking on something, got interested, and went over to watch.


I saw the two young people banging on the plastic bucket with a stick. Although it was simple, it was very rhythmic and it sounded very good.

Colleagues passing by saw Walter, greeted him a few words, and invited him in, but Walter shied away. Shows that Walter still doesn't want to meet new friends and change his life.

After a day of meetings, Walter came home and saw Tariq beating the African drum. When Tariq was about to put it away, Walter said he could continue, and then went to watch Tariq's performance in the bar. Walt seemed to In love with this music.

When Walter came home, he saw Tariq's drum in the living room. There was no one at home, so he stepped forward to try to beat the drum, but Tariq came out of the house and began to teach Walter how to beat the drum.


Walter began to learn this African instrument, and the enthusiastic Tariq practiced with him and invited him to perform on the street with his friends. Volta began to enjoy this life.

In an accident, Tariq was taken away by the police. Tariq and his girlfriend were both illegal immigrants. Tariq was handed over to the Immigration Bureau. Tariq also tried every means to get Tariq out. Things continued to develop. Not so simple anymore.

Later, Tariq's mother, Mona, came to the door, and Walter told him what had happened. In subsequent encounters, Walter finds himself in love with Mona, a beautiful and strong woman.

Walter sold his wife's piano and quit teaching at the university. Because he has changed lives.

The two got along happily, but Tariq's situation became more and more difficult and he was deported. Mona wants to go back to China to find her son, and the two parted.

In the final scene of the film, Walter beats African drums in the subway station, as Tariq dreams.


Walter's life changed.

Because of the death of his wife, Walter became lonely, unwilling to change, and stubbornly wanted to learn to play the piano, just because his wife could play the piano and taught others. However, it was also because of his wife that Walter left Tarek and his girlfriend, as well as his pursuit of music, which ultimately changed his life.

As depicted in the movie, we are who we are because of the people we know, and the people around us are changing us.

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The Visitor quotes

  • Zainab: Why did you invite him?

    Tarek Khalil: We're staying in his apartment. What could I do?

    Zainab: And I'll be stuck with him while you play your drum.

    Tarek Khalil: You know you're very sexy when you're mad at me.

    [leans in to kiss her]

    Prof. Walter Vale: [interrupts] Hello! If you don't mind, I think I will come.

    Tarek Khalil: Cool.

    Prof. Walter Vale: Let me get my coat.

    [Zainab frustrates]

  • Prof. Walter Vale: I've been teaching the same course for 20 years, and it doesn't mean anything to me. None of it does. I pretend. I pretend that I'm busy, that I'm working, that I'm writing. I'm not doing anything.