Significados la muerte e inmigración en la película Biutiful

Abstract

Starting from the hermeneutics of
the plot identifiable in the movie Biutiful,
directed by the Mexican Alejandro González
Iñárritu in 2010, our study aims to analyse the
multicultural connections among the characters,
in terms of their tragic destinies, of the
death, illegal immigration and poverty in an
unusual framework as it is that of a sordid and
marginal Barcelona.Even if the story concerns
only a film, one could embody multiple
intertextual references which allude to fantasy
literature. Besides, the harsh reality and the
anxieties experienced by the main protagonist
establish a credible insight of some real ethnic,
social and spiritual phenomena, specific for
XXI century Europe, but also universal for all
ages of humanity. From this perspective, our
exegesis is meant to be a cultural interpretation
of the life-death significance, as perceived
through three crisscrossing communities in the
motion picture: the Spanish, Chinese, and
Senegalese communities, which metaphorically
represent three very different continents and
cultures.