LA JAULA DE ORO

By Diego QUEMADA-DIEZ

MACHETE - as PROD

Drama - Completed 2013

It’s the chronicle of the odysee four young Latinamerican teenagers experience as they travel through Mexico on their way up north, to the USA.

Festivals
& Awards

Festival de Cannes 2013
Un Certain Regard
    • Year of production
    • 2013
    • Genres
    • Drama, First film
    • Countries
    • MEXICO
    • Languages
    • SPANISH, ENGLISH
    • Budget
    • 1 - 3 M$
    • Duration
    • 100 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Diego QUEMADA-DIEZ
    • Writer(s)
    • Diego QUEMADA-DIEZ, Gibrán PORTELA, Lucia CARRERAS
    • Producer(s)
    • Edher CAMPOS (Machete Producciones), Inna PAYAN (Animal de Luz Films), Luis SALINAS (Machete Producciones)
    • Synopsis
    • Juan, Sara and Samuel, three teenagers from the slums of Guatemala, travel to the US in search of a better life. On their journey through Mexico, they meet Chauk, an indian from Chiapas who doesn't speak Spanish. Traveling together in cargo trains, walking on the railroad tracks, they soon have to face a harsh reality.
    • Partners & financing
    • Mexican Film Institute
      State of Chiapas, Mexico
    • Production schedule
    • Completion Feb. 2013
    • Beginning of shooting
    • Apr 01, 2012