The Immigrant

Baktanken var att låta kristen moral, bikt och botgöring, få ta plats i berättelsen. Allt detta knyts ihop på ett mycket kompetent sätt mot slutet med en absolution, en syndernas förlåtelse, som gör berättelsen komplett.

Gray has a gift for drawing rich, naturalistic performances out of actors

...has many moments of exceptional power and rare delicacy, none more potent than the final shot...

In its stripped-down realism and blistering fixation on its main character's grappling with life and mortality, The Immigrant feels closer in spirit to Roberto Rossellini's collaborations with Ingrid Bergman.

The production design of the film is stunning, artfully evoking a period in which legions of immigrants came to New York.