The Golden Cage (2013), directed by Ruben Alves, connects the riotous colours of Paris with the Portuguese countryside.
This is a group of Portuguese living in a wealthy area of Paris, they have been renting and working here for 30 years. Maria is the concierge of the apartment. On this day, her husband Jose received legal documents from his hometown, and he will inherit a large amount of property. The question came, whether to go or stay, and it became the biggest knot of the couple.
I am used to everything in Paris, but suddenly returning to my hometown may not be suitable, not to mention my children, relatives, friends and colleagues are all here, how can I just leave. When the couple kept it a secret and thought they didn't know, they were making trouble behind the scenes. Especially Maria's own sister, provoked the aftermath of anger. What's more disturbing is that the father of the daughter's boyfriend is Jose's boss, and the daughter is pregnant before marriage. In order to win the heart of his girlfriend, his high school son deceived her into saying that his father was a famous painter. All kinds of ignorance and contradictions made the couple unable to live in peace.
Pain and trouble will eventually dissipate with the wind, and there is no major event in life except life and death. Rather than gaining the understanding of their relatives and friends, it is more that they conquered their own inner unease. Open your heart to the sunshine. In the end, they returned to their picturesque hometown. And family, friends and old friends came together, as if they were far away from the hustle and bustle of Paris and came to Maria's hometown to settle down.
Obviously, Paris, for these outsiders, can't help but feel like they are in a golden cage, but the film is not limited to this, but presents many interpersonal contradictions, bursting out at accidental events and inevitable gathering points, its strong The strong affection is then digested and extended.
The director, Alves, is himself the son of a Portuguese guest worker born in Paris, and the film undoubtedly permeates his special growth marks and body odor. Let go, the expression of joy is full of fun. The superimposed interpersonal gaps are constant, and it looks like a chicken flying dog, but it is full of interest. These are the advantages of this kind of small production film.
2014, 12, 12
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