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Film · 2018

Jaulas

starring Estefanía de los Santos, Antonio Dechent and Manolo Caro

  • 1 h 36 min
  • Thriller
  • Spain
  • 5.8 Users3 votes
  • 6.2 Critics5 reviews

Synopsis

'Jaulas' is the first work by Spanis writer and director Nicolás Pacheco. This film is set on a slum guetto in Andalucía and the plot tells the story of two women, a mother (Concha) and her young daughter (Adela). Both of them dream with a better life outside that place, where the live oppressed by society. One day, Concha, fed up with her lifestyle and an oppressive and cruel husband, decides to run away with her daughter. Their scape will suddenly turn into a race against the clock when everybody discovers that they are trying to get away. Now, both of them will live a story of liberation and freedom where the mother and her daughter will fight to break free from the cage that their lifes had become.

The essentials

Runtime
96 min1 hour and 36 minutes
How long is Jaulas?
1 hour and 36 minutes (96 minutes).
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Reviews

All 5 reviews
5.8 3 votes

What the critics say average 6.2 from 5

  • 8.0 El PeriódicoBeatriz Martínez Nicolás Pacheco's first work is as important as it is unique. Read
  • 6.0 El MundoAlberto Luchini Interesting debut as director by Sevillian filmmaker Nicolás Pacheco that reminds of another first work by a Sevillian, 'Solas', by Benito Zambrano. Read
  • 6.0 ABCOti Rodríguez Marchante The portrayal of society and the character's psyche give this film a certain sense of fatality, a bad omen, that move the plot through darkness and guetto culture. Read
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