Ukusebenza bobabini njengomlawuli kunye nombhali wesikrini, UTom McCarthy iboniswe eMadrid Undwendweli, ifilimu yakhe yamva nje.
Ifilimu yimveliso ezimeleyo eneempawu URichard Jenkins njengomdlali oyintloko, umdlali esele simbone kuye Iimitha ezimbini phantsi komhlaba y Tshisa emva kokufunda. Lo mboniso bhanya-bhanya uphantsi komxholo wokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe, kwaye ubalisa ngebali likaWalter, ongunjingalwazi waseyunivesithi othe ngxi nongenangqondo. Ingxaki ifunyenwe xa ebuyela kwindlu yakhe eNew York, kwaye uyaqonda ukuba unoTarek, umfana waseSiriya, kunye nentombi yakhe uZainad, waseSenegal, abahlala kuyo ngokungekho mthethweni, ababengamaxhoba e-scam ye-real estate. Phakathi kwabo bathathu, ubudlelwane bokuhlalisana kunye nobuhlobo buqala ukukhula, phantse bunyanzeliswe, kude kube ngolunye usuku uTarek ubanjwe ngabafuduki, imeko enokubonwa ngokupheleleyo, ngaloo ndlela ukuqonda uhlobo lonyango olufunyanwa ngabafuduki eNyakatho Melika. . .
UMcCarthy, nangona echongwe njengeOscar, wayebabona njengeshishini nje, kwaye wayezingca ngewonga lakhe njengomlawuli ozimeleyo, imeko emnika inkululeko enkulu kunokusebenzela izitudiyo ezinkulu zaseHolywood. Yaye wathetha nangemeko yelizwe lakhe, ngokuphathelele ixesha lomsebenzi elimthathileyo ukuze agqibe lo msebenzi. Kwaye kuphela emva kweminyaka emi-5 wakwazi ukuyigqiba, zombini ngenxa yokuba wayenemisebenzi eyahlukeneyo njengomdlali we-actor, kunye nokumalunga neemeko zangaphakathi zelizwe lakhe, eziye zamfaka ngeengxabano "zeemvakalelo" rhoqo, ngendlela awayeyiyo banokuxabisa iinkalo ezithile zokwenene.