L'ospite inatteso

In 'Visitor,' friendship inspires liberty and a quest for justice

THE Statue of Liberty and the Twin Towers figure prominently in Tom McCarthy's "The Visitor," an unassuming but quietly heartbreaking drama about the unexpected bonds that can form in a city like New York, and their depth and fragility in times of hysteria. These monuments have become bookends to an era, yet McCarthy, an actor-turned-director who previously directed "The Station Agent," treats the symbols lightly, concentrating instead on the interplay between his unlikely quartet of characters. [...]

di Carina Chocano, articolo completo (4924 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 11 aprile 2008