Ukusebenza bobabili njengomqondisi kanye nombhali wesikrini, UTom McCarthy eyethulwe eMadrid Isivakashi, ifilimu yakhe yakamuva.
Le filimu ingumkhiqizo ozimele oqukethe URichard Jenkins njengo-protagonist, umlingisi esivele simbonile Amamitha amabili ngaphansi komhlaba y Burn emva kokufunda. Le filimu isuselwe kwingqikimba yabokufika, futhi ixoxa indaba kaWalter, ongudokotela oyunivesithi omile futhi ongahambeli ndawo. Inkinga itholakala lapho ebuyela eflethini lakhe eNew York, futhi uyabona ukuthi unoTarek, umSyria osemncane, nentombi yakhe uZainad, waseSenegal, abahlala kuyo ngokungemthetho, ababeyizisulu zomkhonyovu wokuthengwa kwezindlu. Phakathi kwalaba bobathathu, ubudlelwano bokuhlalisana nobungani buqala ukukhula, kucishe kuphoqeleke, kuze kube usuku olulodwa uTarek ebanjwa ngabokufika, isimo esingabonakala ngokuphelele, ngaleyo ndlela kuqondwe uhlobo lwezindlela ezitholwa ngabokufika eNyakatho Melika .
UMcCarthy, yize aqokwa njengo-Oscar, wayebabona njengamabhizinisi nje, futhi wayeziqhenya ngesikhundla sakhe sokuba ngumqondisi ozimele, isimo esimnika inkululeko enkulu kunokusebenzela izitudiyo ezinkulu zaseHolywood. Futhi ukhulume ngesimo ezweni lakhe, maqondana nesikhathi somsebenzi esimthathe ukuqedela lo msebenzi. Futhi kwaba ukuthi kuphela ngemuva kweminyaka emihlanu wakwazi ukukuqeda, kokubili ngoba wayethole imisebenzi eyahlukahlukene njengomlingisi, futhi maqondana nezimo zangaphakathi zezwe lakhe, ezazimfaka ezingxabanweni "ezingokomzwelo" ezingapheli, ngendlela ayekhona ngayo bangaqonda izici ezithile zeqiniso.