Capitalism, Otherness and the American Dream: james Gray's 'The Immigrant'

Cristina Álvarez López examines the narrative and visual language of this tale of a Polish refugee's attempt to enter the United States and her relationships with two very different men.

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Film as Text, immigration, misalignment, religion, capitalism, magic, exploitation, rape, confession, Ellis Island, Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix