From NetFlix:

Widowed professor Walter Vale (Richard Jenkins) discovers an immigrant
couple, Tarek (Haaz Sleiman) and Zainab (Danai Gurira), squatting in
his Manhattan flat and becomes wrapped up in their lives when Tarek is
thrown into a detention center. A wonderful Hiam Abbass co-stars as
Tarek’s mother, who forges an unlikely connection with Walter.
Director Thomas McCarthy’s follow-up to his indie hit The Station
Agent premiered at Sundance in 2008.

Kathy and I saw this at the Embassy in Waltham. It’s an eye-opener into the world of immigration detention centers (nothing harsh, just the utter bureaucratic hopelessness). The acting, especially Richard Jenkins (the father in “Six Feet Under”), is superb. In other words, don’t miss it.

Immediately after the film, Kathy and I were driving in the car when we were stopped by an extremely polite police officer who informed us that our car was no longer registered. Upon inspecting my valid registration, plates, sticker, and license, he decided that the RMV had made a mistake and he would therefore not have our car towed. However, I did have to have a court appearance. I spent the morning at the RMV having them correct their mistake. At least we were not thrown into a detention center and made non-existent.

But the movie was really good.