The Visitor

- Mr. Vale.

- Yes.

I'm Barbara Watson.

Yes. Come in.

Thank you.

Hmm.

Ah. May I take your coat?

No, thank you.

Uh...

would you like something to drink?

No.

Shall we get started?

Uh, okay.

Let's try it again.

The same thing?

Yes.

And remember...

fingers curved like a tunnel.

Okay.

Don't flatten.

Make room for the train.

What?

It's something I tell my kids.

If the fingers are curved, like this,

then there's room for the train

to pass through the tunnel.

Thank you.

Uh, next Tuesday, then, same time?

No. Uh, I don't think

I'm going to continue with our lessons.

Oh, no.

You're giving up?

No.

Oh.

Okay.

Well...

good-bye.

Good-bye.

Uh, Mr. Vale.

May I ask?

How many teachers

have you had before me?

Four.

Well, for what it's worth,

learning an instrument

at your age is difficult,

especially if you don't possess

a natural gift for it.

I'm not saying this to be mean.

But if you do decide to give up,

I'd really like to buy your piano.

Okay.

Each stage of experience

is really the exception to the rule

because the conditions there

that made trade mobilization

to the Middle East successful

weren't present

in the developing countries.

Yes?

Hi.

Come in.

Paper. Uh, sorry it's late.

Why is it late?

I had some personal

issues to deal with.

I'm sorry, but I can't accept it now.

I mean, I... I really had a...

I'm sorry.

Uh, you know you still haven't given us

the syllabus yet?

I know.

Yeah?

Hello, Walter.

Hi, Charles.

You got a sec?

Sure.

Walter, Shelley can't make it down

to the NYU conference

to present your paper.

I'm gonna need you to cover for her.

Why can't she go?

She's been put on bed rest

till she has the baby.

I wish I could, but now is not

a good time, Charles.

Well, I understand,

but you co-authored the paper,

and the Dean wants it presented.

He wants to keep

Shelley on track for tenure.

I just don't think I can,

with the start of classes and my book.

You're only teaching one class, Walter.

So I can stay focused on my book.

Charles, I would really rather not go.

Well, I'm sorry, but there really

isn't another option at this point.

Charles, the truth is...

this is really Shelley's paper.

I just agreed to co-author it

because she asked me to.

I'm not really prepared to present it.

Now, look, Walter,

you can take it up

with the Dean if you want,

but as your friend, I wouldn't advise it,

not with that argument.

Hello?

Aah! Aah! Aah! Get out!

- I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

- Get out!

You stay away from me!

You leave me alone!

No. I... It's... It's okay. I... I'm...

It's not okay! My boyfriend is coming!

I'm... I'm... I'm not going to hurt you.

Who are you?

What are you doing here?

This is my apartment.

This apartment does

not belong to you!

- How did you get in here?

- My name is Walter Vale.

- I have keys! This is my apartment!

- What the f***!

Ow! Ow! God! Aah! Please!

- Zainab!

- I'm in here!

- Shut up!

- Aah!

- Shut up!

- All ri... Okay. Okay.

Okay. Okay.

Who are you?

Qu'est-ce que c'est a?

a va?

Oui, a va.

C'est qui?

J'tais dans mon bain.

Lui, il tait l.

- Did you touch her?

- What?

- Motherf***er, did you touch her?

- No! No! No!

Il ne m'a pas touche.

Mais comme il est entr,

il a dit qu'il avait la cl.

Do you have keys?

Yes, of course I have keys.

This is my apartment.

- Show me your keys.

- All right.

Here.

I've had this apartment for 25 years.

So why haven't you been here?

Because I live in Connecticut.

I haven't been down here in a very long time.

Are you friends with Ivan?

Ivan. I don't... Who's Ivan?

I'm sure he's called the police!

- Did you call the police?

- No.

- You did not call the police?

- No.

And you don't know Ivan?

No. Who is he?

- He rented us this place.

- I don't know him.

He said it belongs

to his friend who is out of town.

I don't know who he is.

This is my apartment. I assure you.

Sh*t!

Je t'ai dj dit

de faire confiance personne.

T'as jamais sign

un contrat.

Sh*t.

Hey, look.

We don't want any trouble.

We will get out of your apartment.

Here. Take your keys.

It's all a mistake. I'm sorry.

Okay.

We will leave. Okay?

Yeah, okay.

How long have you lived here?

Two months.

We will pay you if you want.

Yes, so, uh, we will go.

I'm sorry, again.

Thank you for understanding.

Go get the valise.

Okay, okay.

Good-bye.

Good-bye.

Tarek.

- Tarek.

- What?

Uh... you left this in the apartment.

Thanks.

So you know where

you're staying tonight?

Yeah, sure. We're goin' to some friends'.

You like classical music, huh?

Yes.

Me, too.

Do you play the piano?

No.

Do you?

Me? No. I play the djembe.

Hmm.

Okay. Good night.

And thanks again for letting us stay.

Um... you saved me a lot of trouble,

if you know what I mean.

We'll be out of your way

in a couple of days. Okay?

Good night.

Good morning.

Good morning.

I made some coffee.

Thank you.

And... have a good day.

Good-bye.

Walter Vale.

Thank you.

And that will be on the last day

of the conference.

I hope you can all attend.

And now I'd like to welcome

my distinguished colleague

and the winner

of the John Bates Clark Award...

Professor Stephen Kriegman.

Thank you, Shiva.

Thank you.

Excuse me.

Yes?

Mr. Vale?

Yes.

Oh, my goodness. How are you?

It's me.

Jacob Koningsberg.

Do you remember me?

- I'm sorry.

I... I used to live on the third floor

- with my mother.

Your wife used to give me piano lessons.

Oh, right, right.

How are you?

Oh, my goodness.

I haven't seen you in so long.

We thought that you

sold the place.

You haven't met Sprinkles.

This is Sprinkles. Say hello.

Hello. How is your wife?

Oh, my wife passed away.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I'm very sorry.

My... My condolences to you.

She was a lovely woman.

Honestly, I could

listen to her play piano for hours.

How is your mother?

My mother is fine.

Thank you very much.

Thank you for asking. She's in Florida.

So I'm living alone now, and it's nice,

but I tell you, there are so many

new people in this building,

- and Mr. Sprinkles and I...

- It's nice to see you again, Jacob.

It's good to see you.

Good to see you. Welcome home.

Thank you.

Bye-bye. Bye-bye.

Stop it.

Come on, honey.

We find that,

under these circumstances,

financial globalization

can be beneficial.

Empirically, it's good institution

and quality of government

that will allow third world countries

to benefit and harvest

the fruits of globalization.

Great stuff, huh?

Maybe we should have 'em

come play inside.

Uh, you coming?

In a minute. Uh, I gotta make a call.

- Oh. Uh, see you inside.

- Okay.

- ##

- Hey, Walter.

Welcome home.

Hi.

How was the conference?

It was fine.

Sorry about the pants. I...

I've been practicing

like this since I was a kid.

You... You don't have

to stop practicing.

Really? it won't bother you?

- No. It's fine.

- Great.

Hey, uh, Zainab's going to make dinner,

if you want to eat with us later.

Okay. Thank you.

I'm sorry.

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