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Biutiful (2010)

Film

DirectorAlejandro González Iñárritu

Meta takes3

Figures

Locations

The film's depiction of Barcelona's urban landscape → The Counter-Space

Tropes

The marginalized immigrant communities (Chinese and Senegalese workers)
Uxbal's deteriorating physical and emotional state → Haptic Visuality
Uxbal's ability to communicate with the recently deceased → Hauntology

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