The Golden Dream 2013 123movies

Watch: La jaula de oro 2013 123movies, Full Movie Online – Juan, Sara, and Samuel, three teenagers from the slums of Guatemala, travel to the United States 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 freight trains and walking on railroad tracks, they soon have to face an odyssey that will change their lives forever..
Plot: A group of Central-American teen-agers depart from the slums of Guatemala City escaping poverty and violence, towards the promised land of California.
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Ratings:

	7.6/10 Votes: 4,935
	89% | RottenTomatoes
	74/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 117 Popularity: 6.215 | TMDB

Reviews:

The mythical city of El Dorado – opportunity in US
In this story El Dorado is the myth of economic opportunity in the USA! It doesn’t exist in the 21st century yet the story, the myth, the legend, lives on. And our three main characters, Juan, Chauk, and Sara, learn this the hard way.

In “The Golden Dream” three native Central Americans head north to find the promise in the myth of opportunity in the USA. To achieve this goal they put their very lives on the line; for to travel as a peasant is precarious at best. They encounter danger, kindness, injury, and conflict. From the very start the three – Juan, Chauk, and Sara – must communicate between themselves and this is a problem as Chauk does not speak Spanish.

This film is beautifully photographed, has minimal dialog, and the three travelers capture your heart and hopes. The story of their traveling together will keep you on the edge of your seat wondering what their next danger will be and will they make it? Juan learns first had how cruel and false the myth is. But at movies end you the viewer are left to decide for yourself if Juan found his reward or does he feel lost, lonely, and forgotten.

This is easily one of those must see films because it is both beautiful to see yet disturbing to comprehend how immigrants are willing to suffer danger and death to find the elusive American dream.

A subtly brutal account of young people’s experiences of fleeing poverty
Known more for his work as a cinematographer, Diego Quemada-Diez has made his feature debut, and what a debut it is. Initially set in a slum in Guatemala centred around children trying to cross the US border to seek a better life, Quemada-Diez researched the story by interviewing real life young people who have attempted this themselves and the horrific experiences they endured doing it.

Juan, Sara and Samuel are three teenagers who escape their slum to begin hopping freights to the United States. Sara has to cut her hair short and disguise herself as a boy as she understands the risks of being a young girl attempting something this potentially dangerous. During their travels, they meet Chauk, a native American who cannot speak a word of Spanish. He joins the group despite Juan’s initial hostility and together they endure many awful events that happen to them. When things seem to be going well for the group, the train is suddenly raided by people traffickers looking for young women. Also, there are teenage scammers working for illegal employers which the characters fall for. When these events happen and the characters are prised apart from each other, your heart sinks like a stone. Later, the remaining characters have to deal with border patrol and they need to attempt to find people they can trust who know of a way through the American border.

What the Director has created here is something very harrowing. It is what you don’t see that is most disturbing. The writing is also very clever. The dialogue is very minimal throughout the entire film as there is a character who cannot speak Spanish. There is still a lot a of character depth through the actions they choose to escape poverty for a better life. It is also a very confronting film pointing out the problems of de-regulated capitalism and all it’s inequalities and how it has effected countries in central America. It is a very bleak and complex situation which most people either turn a blind eye to or would treat these human beings like dogs. The lack of compassion from not only Americans, but their own people is astounding. It reminds us that atrocities like these continue to be a daily occurrence which needs to be looked at.

This for me is a film which everyone must see. It is not just an educational film, but a fine example of visual poetry. It shows the beautiful rural dwellings of Guatemala and Mexico and how such human cruelty and barbarism could co-exist in this natural beauty. The performances are excellent as it is more in the children’s faces which give us all we need to try and understand their plight which we could never imagine or fully understand. I could not help but compare this to Ken Loach’s ‘Bread & Roses’ and coming to the logical conclusion that his is far more superior! Truly exceptional work.

Other Information:

Original Language es
Runtime 1 hr 48 min (108 min)
Budget 2500000
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Drama
Director Diego Quemada-Díez
Writer Diego Quemada-Díez, Gibrán Portela, Lucía Carreras
Actors Brandon López, Rodolfo Domínguez, Karen Martínez
Country Mexico, Spain, Guatemala
Awards 37 wins & 21 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix D-Cinema 48kHz 5.1
Aspect Ratio 2.39 : 1
Camera Arriflex 416, Zeiss Ultra Prime Lenses
Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format Super 16
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (4k) (master format), Super 16 (source format)
Printed Film Format D-Cinema