Portugal, mon amour
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Portugal, mon amour |
| Original title | La cage dorée (fr) A Gaiola Dourada (pt) |
| Country of production | France , Portugal |
| original language | French , Portuguese |
| Publishing year | 2013 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ruben Alves |
| script | Ruben Alves Hugo Gélin Jean-André Yerlès |
| production | Jonathan Blumenthal |
| music | Rodrigo Leão |
| camera | André Szankowski |
| cut | Nassim Gordji Tehrani |
| occupation | |
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Portugal, mon amour (French: La cage dorée , German: The golden cage) is a 2013 feature film by the Franco-Portuguese director Ruben Alves .
action
The Portuguese couple Ribeiro have been living as guest workers in Paris for many years . Maria is a domestic help and concierge , while José is employed in a construction company. They are popular as hard-working and friendly employees and neighbors and live with their now grown-up children integrated into French society. At the same time, they still feel very close to Portugal.
When José's wealthy brother dies, the family inherits the brother's fortune and winery in the Alto Douro , the oldest protected wine-growing region in the world and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001 . The family feels torn between the tempting, affluent life in their former homeland, Portugal, and the familiar life in their now native France. Employers, friends and neighbors are trying to prevent their plans to move there, which are becoming more concrete, by making it as difficult as possible for them to say goodbye in order to reach a decision to stay in Paris.
reception
The work premiered in Germany on August 29, 2013 and was described as a warm and entertaining comedy on the subject of integration.
The film received a number of awards, such as the audience award at the European Film Awards 2013 and awards at the CinEuphoria Film Awards 2014, the Alpe d'Huez International Comedy Film Festival in L'Alpe d'Huez , and the Portuguese Globos de Ouro 2014 . It was also nominated for best debut at the César 2014 and best film at the São Paulo International Film Festival .
The film has now been released on DVD in a number of countries, including German-speaking countries.
See also
- Portuguese film
- French film
- Ganhar a Vida , film drama from 2001, also with Rita Blanco as the mother of a Portuguese guest worker family in France
Web links
- Portugal, mon amour in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Portugal, mon amour . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , August 2013 (PDF; test number: 140 403 K).
- ↑ www.kinonews.de , accessed on July 16, 2013
- ↑ www.kino-zeit.de , accessed on July 16, 2013
- ↑ List of awards in the Internet Movie Database , accessed October 18, 2015