The film opens with László Tóth, a Hungarian Jewish refugee, navigating the immediate aftermath of World War II. Director Brady Corbet uses darkness to symbolize the shadows of the past haunting him, particularly his wife’s disembodied voice echoing loss and separation, emphasizing the emotional toll of migrant lives interrupted by trauma.
Corbet’s staging includes visual symbolism, such as the upside-down Statue of Liberty, which conveys the film’s central theme: a critique of the American Dream. The protagonist, once a celebrated architect, faces a harsh reality in America, suggesting a profound inversion of expectation and personal legacy across the narrative.
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