The Visitor is a 2002 Australian film directed by Dan Castle and starring Barry Otto

Barry Otto

Barry Otto is an Australian actor with a long list of memorable roles on stage and in film. Otto received an AFI Award for Best Supporting Actor in Strictly Ballroom as well as being nominated for Bliss, Cosi and The More Things Change......

 and Nicholas Carpenter

Nicholas Carpenter

Nicholas Andre Carpenter is an American film director. He worked as a set production assistant on TV and on films such as Thank You for Smoking before going on to direct the 2009 horror anthology The Telling.-Early life:...

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Plot

"Michael is avoiding phone calls regarding his dear friend and former lover Chris who is dying back in America. While trying to write, he is disturbed by the noisy surfers next door as they get ready for a weekend away of surf. C.K., one of the surfers, remains behind to surf the local beach. At the beach cafe for lunch with his old friend Angus, Michael again avoids discussing Chris back in America. Angus catches Michael watching C.K. on the beach and teases him but Michael denies any interest in the surfer. Left on his own, Michael watches C.K. catch a series of waves. After a big wave and a wipe out, C.K. disappears in the surf. Michael looses site of C.K. until he sees him on the beach taking off his wetsuit before he heads back home. Michael remains on the beach then makes his way home. Once inside his house, Michael sees C.K. walking towards him on his way to the living room where he makes himself at home. Michael does not know why the surfer is in his house but before the night is over he will discover more about himself than he may have been ready for."

Awards

• Official Selection: Telluride Film Festival
  
• Nominated for Best Short Film - Australian AFI Awards
  
• Winner: Best Fiction Short - St. Kilda Film Festival
  
• Winner: Best Screenplay - St. Kilda Film Festival
  
• Winner: Best Short - Australian’s in Film - Mardi Gras Film Festival
  
• Winner: Best Short - Seattle Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
  
• Winner: Best Short - Honolulu Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
  
• Winner: Best Short - North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

External links

• http://www.dancastle.com/Newcastle/Welcome.html
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0857191/
• http://www.thevisitorfilm.com/
• http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10008820-visitor/