''The Gilded Cage'' (french: La Cage Dorée;

Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...

: ''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

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at the

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. 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

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Audience Award at the 2014 edition of the

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film festival.

Cast

Rita Blanco Rita Blanco (born 11 January 1963) is a Portuguese actress. She has appeared in more than 50 films and television shows since 1983. She starred in the film '' Get a Life'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Fi ...

as Maria Ribeiro *

Joaquim de Almeida Joaquim António Portugal Baptista de Almeida (born 15 March 1957) is a Portuguese actor. Almeida began his acting career in theatre during the 1980s, he started his film career appearing on the 1982 action film '' The Soldier'', and later ach ...

as José Ribeiro *

Roland Giraud Roland Giraud is a French actor. He married actress Maaike Jansen in 1966. Giraud began his theatrical training in the 1960s and joined Coluche's theatrical company in 1971. Around this time he worked also with the troupe, Le Splendid. His fir ...

as Francis Cailaux *

Chantal Lauby Chantal Lauby (born 23 March 1948) is a French actress, film director, screenwriter, humorist, comedian and television host. She is a member and founder of the group of comedians ''Les Nuls'' alongside Bruno Carette, Alain Chabat and Dominique F ...

as Solange Cailaux *

Barbara Cabrita Barbara Cabrita (born 9 May 1982) is a French-Portuguese actress, born in Trappes in the ''department'' of Yvelines. Early life Barbara was born to Portuguese immigrant parents. She began as a model at 16 years old. At 20 years old she plays i ...

as Paula Ribeiro *

Lannick Gautry Lannick Gautry (born 3 March 1976) is a French actor. Theater Filmography External links * 1976 births Living people People from Saint-Germain-en-Laye French male film actors French male stage actors French male television ac ...

as Charles Cailaux * Maria Vieira as Rosa * Jacqueline Corado as Lourdes *

Jean-Pierre Martins Jean-Pierre Martins (born 29 October 1971) is a French actor and musician. He is known for playing the French boxer Marcel Cerdan in '' La Vie en rose'' (2007). Life and career In 2007, he played the French boxer Marcel Cerdan on Édith Piaf's b ...

as Carlos *

Alex Alves Pereira Alex is a given name. It can refer to a shortened version of Alexander, Alexandra, Alexis. People Multiple *Alex Brown (disambiguation), multiple people * Alex Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people *Alex Harris (disambiguation), multiple peo ...

as Pedro Ribeiro *

Catarina Wallenstein Catarina de Lemos Wallenstein (born 23 August 1986) is a Portuguese actress. She has appeared in more than twenty films since 2004. Biography Wallenstein was born in London, daughter of Pedro Franco Wallenstein Teixeira, double bass player of t ...

as Fadosinger *

Alice Isaaz Alice Isaaz (born 26 July 1991) is a French actress. She is known for her roles in the films '' The Gilded Cage'' (2013), '' La Crème de la crème'' (2014) and ''Les Yeux jaunes des crocodiles ''Les Yeux jaunes des crocodiles'' ( en, The Yello ...

as Cassiopée

References

External links

* 2013 films 2013 comedy films European Film Awards winners (films) 2010s French-language films 2010s Portuguese-language films French comedy films Portuguese comedy films French multilingual films Portuguese multilingual films 2010s French films {{2010s-comedy-film-stub