The Gilded Cage (2013 film)

The Gilded Cage
French release poster
Directed byRuben Alves
Written byRuben Alves
Hugo Gélin
Jean-André Yerles
Produced byDanièle Delorme
Laetitia Galitzine
Hugo Gélin
StarringRita Blanco
Joaquim de Almeida
Roland Giraud
Chantal Lauby
CinematographyAndré Szankowski
Edited byNassim Gordji Tehrani
Music byRémi Barbot
Raphael Hamburger
Rodrigo Leão
Production
company
Zazi Films
Distributed byPathé
Release date
  • 24 April 2013 (2013-04-24)
Running time
90 minutes
CountriesFrance
Belgium
Portugal
LanguagesFrench
Portuguese
Budgetmillion
Box 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.

  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.