The Gilded Cage (2013)

Original title

La Cage Dorée

Directed by

Ruben Alves

Genre

comedy film

Country

France, Portugal

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

AL

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 359 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Portuguese couple living in France have built a comfortable life as caretakers of a Parisian building. When an unexpected inheritance threatens to pull them back to Portugal, they must decide between their old roots and the new world they have made.

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What happens

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. It won the People's Choice Award at the 26th European Film Awards. It was the film with the most admissions at the Portuguese box office in 2013, with 755 000 and it is the 7th film with most admissions and the 3rd highest-grossing in Portugal since 2004. The film won the Radio-Canada Audience Award at the 2014 edition of the Cinéfranco film festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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