Critics have drawn real life parallels to his role as a man in the grip of a nervous breakdown - but his director remains supportive.

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The parallels to the life of an illegal immigrant are, while not perfect, very strong.

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Just as in The Godfather, where New York alternates with Sicily, so in Nation the immigrant life in Alaska and California parallels the farmer's lot in the Ilocos region.

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Five years ago, I was struck by the parallels with accounts of Chicago packinghouse life in the 1890s.

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In this segment, Hansard discusses the movie, as well as how he and Irglova first met and the strong parallels between the movie and his own life.

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The stupendous disaster which has befallen the Italian kingdom has few parallels in European history in its horror, and probably none in the amount of life and property destroyed.

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