Reviews
“A MAGNIFICENT FILM OF IMPECCABLE ACCURACY”
– LE MONDE –
“A POIGNANT POETRY IN THE INDOMITABLE SPIRIT OF THESE THREE INNOCENTS AS THEY STRUGGLE AGAINST IMPOSSIBLE ODDS. A BEGUILING, HEARTBREAKING FIRST FEATURE FROM DIEGO QUEMADA-DIEZ.”
– THE EXPRESS (ALLAN HUNTER) –
“AN ASSURED AND MOVING DEBUT”
– THE TIMES (KATE MUIR) –
“A SUPERIOR ART-HOUSE FLICK”
– HEAT MAGAZINE –
“A CINEMATIC JOURNEY WELL WORTH TAKING”
– BBC RADIO 4 (FRANCINE STOCK) –
“A VERY SUBSTANTIAL MOVIE, WITH GREAT COMPASSION AND URGENCY”
– THE GUARDIAN (CANNES 2013 REVIEW)
(PETER BRADSHAW) –
“DREAMS OF REDEMPTION ON THE TRAIN FROM GUATEMALA”
– LA REPUBLICCA –
“INTENSE ROAD MOVIE TRAVELING ON CARGO TRAINS”
– LA STAMPA –
“DIEZ’S CINEMATIC DEBUT IS UTTERLY COMPELLING IN A WAY THAT MOST ROAD MOVIES COULD NEVER BE”
– NME MAGAZINE –
FINANCIAL TIMES
(NIGEL ANDREWS)
“WITH A FOOTPRINT OF REVOLT AND SINCERITY, THE FILM IS A TESTIMONY OF THE STRENGTH OF THOSE WHO BELIEVE THAT ART CAN OPEN THE MIND AND IF NOT DEFEAT THE FORCES OF EVIL, AT LEAST SHAKE THE INDIFFERENCE”
– POSITIF –
“A FEARLESS AND RIVETING SURVIVAL STORY”
– EMPIRE (GUY LODGE) –
“BEAUTIFULLY SHOT, AND POWERFULLY TOLD, THE GOLDEN DREAM SUCCEEDS IN TELLING A POLITICAL STORY, PERSONALLY”
– THE SKINNY (SAM LEWIS) –
“BRILLIANT…THE YOUNG ACTORS ARE EXCEPTIONAL… THIS SHOCKING AND OFTEN HEARTBREAKING FILM HAS SUCH AN IMPACT”
– THE INDEPENDENT (GEOFFERY MCNAB) –
“A MOVING AND WARM ROAD MOVIE WITH SOMETHING URGENT TO SAY ABOUT OUR WORLD”
– TIME OUT – CRITIC’S CHOICE (DAVE CALHOUN) –
“THE THREE LITTLE ULISES: SHOT FROM LIFE, WITH STORIES AND AUTHENTIC INTERPRETATION, THE GOLDEN DREAM MAKES THE TERRIBLE ADVENTURES OF MIGRANT TEENAGERS AN EPIC POEM”
– IL MESAGGERO –
“BRILLIANT DIRECTION AND A SUPERB CAST MAKE THIS FILM AS CLOSE TO PERFECTION AS POSSIBLE”
– COMIC BUZZ –
“A DRAMA OF LACERATING POWER AND HONESTY…TREMENDOUS PERFORMANCES”
– THE TELEGRAPH (TIM ROBEY) –
Featured Reviews
“ONE OF THE STANDOUT DEBUTS IN RECENT LATIN AMERICA CINEMA”,
“POWERFUL YET UNSENTIMENTAL THRILLER”
– VARIETY (PETER DEBRUGE) –
“A REMARKABLE DEBUT FEATURE (…) GRITTY SOCIAL REALISM MEETS EPIC POETRY”
SIGHT & SOUND
– FILM OF THE MONTH – (MARIA DELGADO) –
THE GILLO PONTECORVO AWARD INSTITUTION PRAISED LA JAULA DE ORO FOR IT’S “SOCIAL LABOR, NARRATIVE STRENGTH AND CINEMATOGRAPHIC FRESHNESS”. ADDING: “GILLO PONTECORVO SAID THAT ‘CINEMA SHOULD BE WRITTEN CLOSE TO MAN, INSIDE MAN AND SHOULD SPEAK ABOUT MAN, OR IT SPEAKS ABOUT NOTHING.’ THE NECESSARY STORY TOLD BY LA JAULA DE ORO AND THE IRRESISTIBLE
CANDOR OF THE FOUR NON PROFESSIONAL ACTORS THAT INTERPRET IT, RESPOND TO THIS CALLING.”
“IMMIGRATION THRILLER LA JAULA DE ORO HAS SWEPT MEXICO’S 56TH ARIEL MEXICAN ACADEMY AWARDS, WINNING NINE KUDOS INCLUDING BEST PICTURE, DEBUT FEATURE, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, ACTOR AND SUPPORTING ACTOR. THE ARIEL TROPHY TRAWL CONFIRMS LA JAULA DE ORO, IF IT NEEDED ANY FURTHER CONFIRMATION, AS ONE OF THE STANDOUT DEBUTS IN RECENT LATIN AMERICA CINEMA, AND ITS DIRECTOR-PRODUCER-CO-WRITER DIEGO QUEMADA-DIEZ AS ONE OF ITS KEY TALENTS TO WATCH”
– VARIETY – (JOHN HOPEWELL) –
“A BEAUTIFUL FILM, FULL OF HUMAN WARMTH, COMPASSION AND TRUTH. THE STRUGGLE OF THE INNOCENT IS CAUGHT WITH PRECISION. AND IT IS CLEAR THAT THE REAL ENEMY IS BEYOND THEIR REACH OR COMPREHENSION, BUT NONETHELESS VERY PRESENT IN THE FILM. TERRIFIC!”
– DIRECTOR KEN LOACH –
“IMMIGRATION DRAMA ‘THE GOLDEN DREAM’ TOPS FIRST-EVER FENIX AWARDS, A NEW CEREMONY HONORING THE BEST IN LATIN AMERICAN AND IBERIAN CINEMA”
– HOLLYWOOD REPORTER –
“MY TWO FAVOURITE FILMS LAST YEAR ARE LA JAULA DE ORO AND IDA, BOTH HAVEN’T GOT US DISTRIBUTION YET. LA JAULA DE ORO IS A WONDERFUL FILM”
– WRITER/DIRECTOR ALEXANDER PAYNE –
(AT THE GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS)
“IT’S A CLASSICAL STORY, TOLD IN A UNIQUE WAY. THE FILM SHINES LIGHT ON A POLITICAL SITUATION, IN AN INTIMATE AND HUMAN TERMS. IT’S BEAUTIFULLY SHOT, ACTED, EDITED AND DIRECTED. REALLY SPECIAL WORK”
– DIRECTOR MARC FOSTER –
SATYAJIT RAY AWARD JURY: SPARE, UNSENTIMENTAL, AND BRUTALLY DIRECT – BUT ALSO PARADOXICALLY MAJESTIC, BECAUSE OF THESE VERY PARTICULAR QUALITIES, “THE GOLDEN DREAM” IS A FILM NOT TO BE MISSED BY THOSE WHO YEARN FOR A POWERFUL ‘HUMANISM’ IN CINEMA. IT POSSESSES THE CLASSIC QUALITIES MANY OF RAY’S OWN FILMS SO DEFTLY DISPLAY: HUMANITY, COMPASSION, UNDERSTANDING, EMPATHY.