The Gilded Cage (2013 film)

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 Gilded Cage
French release poster
Directed by	Ruben Alves
Written by	Ruben Alves Hugo Gélin Jean-André Yerles
Produced by	Danièle Delorme Laetitia Galitzine Hugo Gélin
Starring	Rita Blanco Joaquim de Almeida Roland Giraud Chantal Lauby
Cinematography	André Szankowski
Edited by	Nassim Gordji Tehrani
Music by	Rémi Barbot Raphael Hamburger Rodrigo Leão
Production company	Zazi Films
Distributed by	Pathé
Release date	24 April 2013 (2013-04-24)
Running time	90 minutes
Countries	France Belgium Portugal
Languages	French Portuguese
Budget	million
Box office	million[1]

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

1. "La Cage Dorée (2013)". Jpbox-office.com. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
2. "Ruben Alves". www.lagenda.net (in French). Archived from the original on 8 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
3. "Winners 2013". European Film Awards. European Film Academy. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
4. António Quinta (2 January 2014). "Balanço do Box Office 2013 - Portugal e cinema português". CineMAX (in Portuguese). RTP. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
5. "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.

External links

• The Gilded Cage at IMDb