Steven Spielberg's 'The Terminal', starring Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta-Jones, hits Chinese cinemas today.

Hanks plays an immigrant fleeing the war that ravages his tiny Eastern European homeland, who finds himself stuck in the terminal of one of New York City's airports.

His landing coincides with the point at which the war causes his nation of origin to no longer exist, meaning that his passport and paperwork are no longer valid.

As a man without a home, he takes up residence in the terminal itself, befriending the staff of the airport, and falling in love with an airline flight attendant, played by Zeta-Jones.

Hanks say he made the film because he was taken by the originality of the story.

(CRIENGLISH)

paperwork: regular work of writing reports, letters, keeping records, lists, esp. as a less important part of a job（日常文书工作）

befriend: to act as a friend to (esp. someone who is younger, or needs help)（以朋友的态度对待）