The Gilded Cage (2013 film)

2013 French film

24 April 2013 (2013-04-24)

Running time

90 minutesCountriesFrance
Belgium
PortugalLanguagesFrench
PortugueseBudgetmillionBox officemillion^[1]

The Gilded Cage (French: La Cage Dorée; Portuguese: A Gaiola Dourada) is a Franco-Portuguese comedy film released in 2013. The film was Ruben Alves' directorial debut and it was inspired by his parents' life.

The film was released April 24 in France and was released on August 1 in Portugal, after a successful preview showing at the Azores Festival.^[2]

It won the People's Choice Award at the 26th European Film Awards.^[3] It was the film with the most admissions at the Portuguese box office in 2013, with 755 000^[4] and it is the 7th film with most admissions and the 3rd highest-grossing in Portugal since 2004.^[5]

The film won the Radio-Canada Audience Award at the 2014 edition of the Cinéfranco film festival.

Cast

Rita Blanco as Maria Ribeiro
Joaquim de Almeida as José Ribeiro
Roland Giraud as Francis Cailaux
Chantal Lauby as Solange Cailaux
Barbara Cabrita as Paula Ribeiro
Lannick Gautry as Charles Cailaux
Maria Vieira as Rosa
Jacqueline Corado as Lourdes
Jean-Pierre Martins as Carlos
Alex Alves Pereira as Pedro Ribeiro
Catarina Wallenstein as Fadosinger
Alice Isaaz as Cassiopée

References

^ "La Cage Dorée (2013)". Jpbox-office.com. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
^ "Ruben Alves". www.lagenda.net (in French). Archived from the original on 8 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
^ "Winners 2013". European Film Awards. European Film Academy. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
^ António Quinta (2 January 2014). "Balanço do Box Office 2013 - Portugal e cinema português". CineMAX (in Portuguese). RTP. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
^ "FILMES MAIS VISTOS - 2004/2015" (PDF). ica-ip.pt (in Portuguese). Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 12, 2015. Retrieved June 11, 2015.