“…For González, Julien's film "addresse[s] the politics of migration from the psychological, internal state of the migrant" by depicting the phantasm of Europe as it is elaborately imagined by illegal immigrants sailing to Europe. 51 exploring the dreamscape of the migrating subject. The shimmering palace is the wished-for haven from hardship and strife, but also a mirage of luxury that is, finally, a site of refusal and unyielding power."…”