Ruben Alves's film has proved box office gold, now ranking as the most successful French film of all time in Portugal.
520,000: That's the admissions figure that this film had to outscore to beat Asterix and Obelix versus Cesar, the highest scoring French film ever released in Portugal. Now it's mission accomplished for the hit comedy The Gilded Cage, which, on September 11, after six weeks on Portuguese screens (and sitting at the top of the box office from the start), boasted an impressive running total of 553,000 tickets sold. This humorous and touching portrait of a generation of expatriates has clearly touched the hearts of the Portuguese, a population prone to gentle self-deprecation.
