La jaula de oro

The Golden Dream

2013

DIRECTED BY

Diego Quemada-Diez

SCREENPLAY BY

Diego Quemada-Diez

Gibrán Portela

Lucia Carreras

PRODUCED BY

Inna Payán

Luis Salinas

Edher Campos

Gerardo Herrero

DOP

María Secco

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Carlos Y. Jacques

ORIGINAL SCORE BY

Jacobo Lieberman

Leonardo Heiblum

EDITOR

Paloma López Carrillo

LINE PRODUCTION

Héctor Zubieta

STREAMING

RUNNING TIME AND GENRE

102 minutes

Drama

Mexico-Spain co-production

FILM DISTRIBUTION

Golem Distribución

INTERNATIONAL SALES

Golem Distribución

CAST

Brandon López

Rodolfo Domínguez

Karen Martínez

Carlos Chajón

Héctor Tahuite

Ricardo Esquerra

Luis Alberti

César Bañuelos

Gilberto Barraza

SYNOPSIS

Juan, Sara and Samuel, all 15 years old, flee from Guatemala towards the USA. On their journey through Mexico they meet Chauk, a Tzotzil indian who does not speak Spanish and has no official documents. They all believe they will find a better world beyond the USA-Mexico border but they run into a harsh reality.

Festival de Cannes

Un certain Regard: Best Cast

Best Film

28 Festival de Mar de Plata

0

Ariel Awards of the Mexican Academy

INCLUDING BEST FILM

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

BEST DEBUT FILM

3 Fénix Ibero-American Film Awards

BEST FILM, EDITING AND SOUND