The Immigrant Review: Yearning to Breathe Free

Although we never see the Statue of Liberty in The Immigrant, the tired and poor Ewa (Marion Cotillard) does dress up as Lady Liberty for her part in a cheap burlesque show. Emma Lazarus’ sonnet adorned on the actual Statue of Liberty – “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free” – is felt on the corner of every…

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