La jaula de oro (1987 film)

La jaula de oro is a 1987 Mexican film directed by Sergio Véjar inspired by the song of the same name.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The cast features Mario Almada, Fernando Almada, Cecilia Camacho, Carmen del Valle, Isaura Espinosa, Héctor Sáez, Jorge Hernández Lobo, Hernán Hernández, Raul Hernandez, Katy Rojo (la de las vocales) and Bernabé Melendrez.

References[edit]

^ Rubin, Rachel, Melnick, Jeffrey Paul - American popular music: new approaches to the twentieth century 2001 - Page 218 "Another of Los Tigres' movie-inspiring songs was "Jaula de Oro" ("Cage of Gold"), about an immigrant who has found success in the United States but now finds his children unable to speak Spanish and his culture disappearing: "What good is ..."
^ Chon A. Noriega - Chicanos and Film: Essays on Chicano Representation and Resistance -1992 Page 137 "Thus, the cultural complexities faced by immigrants in the U.S. are lost in the manichean nature of the film. La jaula de oro, its title suggestive of its intent, maintains the good-versus evil dichotomy of formulaic nationalist cinema: stay in Mexico ..."
^ James Porter, Ellen Sinatra - Ballads and Boundaries: Narrative Singing in an Intercultural ... -1995 Page 337 "While the movie version of "La Jaula de Oro" ends with the return of a migrant to the homeland and the last scene is that of a border sign signalling his arrival to Mexico, the camera also ignores the vehicles and pedestrians travelling in"

External links[edit]

This article related to a Mexican film of the 1980s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] Rubin, Rachel, Melnick, Jeffrey Paul - American popular music: new approaches to the twentieth century 2001 - Page 218 "Another of Los Tigres' movie-inspiring songs was "Jaula de Oro" ("Cage of Gold"), about an immigrant who has found success in the United States but now finds his children unable to speak Spanish and his culture disappearing: "What good is ..."

[2] Chon A. Noriega - Chicanos and Film: Essays on Chicano Representation and Resistance -1992 Page 137 "Thus, the cultural complexities faced by immigrants in the U.S. are lost in the manichean nature of the film. La jaula de oro, its title suggestive of its intent, maintains the good-versus evil dichotomy of formulaic nationalist cinema: stay in Mexico ..."

[3] James Porter, Ellen Sinatra - Ballads and Boundaries: Narrative Singing in an Intercultural ... -1995 Page 337 "While the movie version of "La Jaula de Oro" ends with the return of a migrant to the homeland and the last scene is that of a border sign signalling his arrival to Mexico, the camera also ignores the vehicles and pedestrians travelling in"

[1]

[2]

[3]