{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox film | image = My Loneliness Has Wings poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|Mi soledad tiene alas|nolink=yes}} | director = Mario Casas | producer = {{ubl|Adrián Guerra|Núria Valls}} | screenplay = {{ubl|Mario Casas|Déborah François}} | starring= {{ubl|Óscar Casas|Candela González|Farid Bechara|Francisco Boira}} | cinematography = Edu Canet Ciscar | editing = Verónica Callón | music = Zeltia Montes | studio = Nostromo Pictures | distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures | released = {{Film date|2023|08|18|Paterna|2023|08|25|Spain|df=yes}} | country = Spain | language = Spanish | gross = €1.4 million<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.culturaydeporte.gob.es/dam/jcr:0b4c1cdc-6cd8-4d57-8482-a5342076a5b4/acumulado-2023-a-15-octubre-2023.pdf|title=Acumulado cine español 2023|date=15 October 2023|publisher=Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte|access-date=19 October 2023}}</ref> }} '''''Caged Wings'''''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.netflix.com/es-en/title/81588807|website=Netflix|title=Caged Wings|access-date=2 May 2024}}</ref> or '''''My Loneliness Has Wings'''''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/global/nostromo-mario-casas-rodrigo-cortes-netflix-1235501795/|website=Variety|date=25 January 2023|title=Mario Casas, Anna Castillo to Star in Rodrigo Cortés' 'Escape,' Produced by Nostromo (EXCLUSIVE)|first=Emiliano|last=De Pablos}}</ref> ({{langx|es|'''Mi soledad tiene alas'''|links=no}}) is a 2023 Spanish drama film directed by Mario Casas (in his directorial debut feature) from a screenplay by Casas and Déborah François which stars Óscar Casas and Candela González.
== Plot == Upon a botched robbery attempt, young criminal and graffiti artist Dan flees the outskirts of Barcelona to Madrid along with his gang.<ref name="pardillos">{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/noticias/todo-lo-que-sabemos-de-mi-soledad-tiene-alas-la-primera-pelicula-de-mario-casas-como-director-5082442/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|date=17 May 2023|first=David|last=Pardillos|title=Mira el tráiler de 'Mi soledad tiene alas', la primera película de Mario Casas como director}}</ref>
== Cast == {{Cast listing| * Óscar Casas as Dan<ref name="ego">{{Cite web|url=https://www.larazon.es/gente/famosos/mario-casas-hace-realidad-uno-grandes-suenos-vida_202305176464b61c277db700015e536b.html|website=Ego|via=La Razón|date=17 May 2023|title=Mario Casas hace realidad uno de los grandes sueños de su vida|first=Jorge|last=Miranda}}</ref> * Candela González as Vio<ref name="ego" /> * Farid Bechara as Reno<ref name="ego" /> * Francisco Boira<ref name="martinez" /> * {{ill|Marta Bayarri|ca|Marta Bayarri i Valls}}<ref name="martinez">{{Cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/espana/2023/07/05/todo-lo-que-sabemos-sobre-mi-soledad-tiene-alas-la-primera-pelicula-como-director-de-mario-casas/|first=Beatriz|last=Martínez|website=Infobae|title=Todo lo que sabemos sobre 'Mi soledad tiene alas', la primera película como director de Mario Casas|date=5 July 2023 }}</ref> }}
== Production == The screenplay was penned by Mario Casas and Déborah François.<ref name="pardillos" /> The film is a Nostromo Pictures production and it had the participation of Netflix and the backing from ICAA.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/noticias-cine/a41844820/mi-soledad-tiene-alas-mario-casas-director-imagenes-fecha-estreno/|website=Fotogramas|date=31 July 2023|first=Ricardo|last=Rosado|title='Mi soledad tiene alas': trailer, imágenes, reparto y sinopsis de la primera película de Mario Casas como director}}</ref> Shooting locations included Bellvitge, {{ill|La Mina (Sant Adrià de Besòs)|es|La Mina|lt=La Mina}}, and Lavapiés.<ref name="pardillos" /> The film was lensed by Edu Canet and edited by Verónica Callón.<ref name="martinez" /> Óscar Casas had to lose 8 kg to play his character.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/cultura/cine-00128/noticia-mario-casas-debuta-director-soledad-tiene-alas-dirigir-me-cambiado-vida-20221128183057.html|website=Europa Press|date=28 November 2022|title=Mario Casas debuta como director con 'Mi soledad tiene alas': "Dirigir me ha cambiado la vida"}}</ref>
Morad performed the theme "Volar sin alas" for the film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.neo2.com/morad-mario-casas-cancion-banda-sonora-pelicula-director/|website=Neo2|date=18 August 2023|first=Ramón|last=Fano|title=Morad despega en el cine con su sencillo "Volar sin Alas"}}</ref>
== Release == The film premiered at the Paterna Film Festival on 18 August 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elperiodic.com/paterna/mario-casas-presenta-festival-cine-paterna-soledad-tiene-alas-debut-como-director_918432|website=El Periòdic|title=Mario Casas presenta en el Festival de Cine de Paterna "Mi soledad tiene alas", su debut como director|date=17 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.larazon.es/comunidad-valenciana/mario-casas-presenta-soledad-tiene-alas-paterna-valencia-estreno-como-director_2023081864dfa520714dff0001bad4d6.html|website=La Razón|first=C.|last=Aparicio|title=Mario Casas presenta "Mi soledad tiene alas" en Paterna (Valencia), su estreno como director|date=18 August 2023}}</ref> Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures,<ref name="pardillos" /> the film was released theatrically in Spain on 25 August 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ondacero.es/programas/mas-de-uno/audios-podcast/entrevistas/mario-casas-reto-era-que-hermano-pequeno-estuviese-orgulloso-hermano-mayor_2023081664dcb77a9598e30001c225d4.html|website=Onda Cero|date=16 August 2023|title=Mario Casas: "El reto era que mi hermano pequeño estuviese orgulloso de su hermano mayor"}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20230826/9180694/mario-casas-mi-soledad-tiene-alas-dirigir-experiencia-preciosa-cambiado-forma-ver-profesion.html|website=La Vanguardia|title=Mario Casas: "Dirigir es una experiencia preciosa que ha cambiado mi forma de ver la profesión"|first=Astrid|last=Meseguer|date=26 August 2023}}</ref>
== Reception == {{Rotten Tomatoes prose|71|6.0|7|consensus=}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/caged_wings|website=RottenTomatoes|title=Caged Wings|access-date=2 May 2024}}</ref>
Pablo Vázquez of ''Fotogramas'' rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, deeming it to be "organic, tumultuous and energetic film, intuitive in its essence", while pointing out that the story that does not precisely shine for its originality.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a44896092/mi-soledad-tiene-alas-mario-casas-critica-pelicula/|website=Fotogramas|title=Crítica de 'Mi soledad tiene alas', la carta de amor de Mario Casas a su hermano Óscar|date=24 August 2023|first=Pablo|last=Vázquez}}</ref>
Luis Martínez of ''El Mundo'' rated ''My Loneliness Has Wings'' (an "'auto-tune' film"{{sic}}) 2 out of 5 stars, writing "that the movie copies the forms of the most classic quinqui cinema, but with such a vacuous, exaggerated and false aestheticism that it is dismaying".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/cultura/cine/2023/08/24/64e61437e85ecea7288b458a.html|website=El Mundo|title=Mi soledad tiene alas, de Mario Casas: cine falsamente quinqui de diseño (**)|date=24 August 2023|first=Luis|last=Martínez}}</ref>
Javier Ocaña of ''El País'' considered that even if Casas is not telling anything that has not already been done many times, "the visual and sound energy that the film exudes emerges with its light over the few shadows of a very estimable debut".<ref>{{Cite web|website=El País|title='Mi soledad tiene alas': más luces que sombras en el debut como director de Mario Casas|date=25 August 2023|first=Javier|last=Ocaña|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2023-08-25/mi-soledad-tiene-alas-mas-luces-que-sombras-en-el-debut-como-director-de-mario-casas.html|author-link=Javier Ocaña}}</ref>
== See also == * List of Spanish films of 2023
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|tt21964260|title=My Loneliness Has Wings}}
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Category:2023 Spanish films Category:2023 Spanish-language films Category:2023 drama films Category:Spanish drama films Category:Spanish-language drama films Category:2023 directorial debut films Category:2023 films Category:Films set in Catalonia Category:Films set in Madrid Category:Films shot in the Province of Barcelona Category:Films shot in Madrid Category:Warner Bros. films Category:Nostromo Pictures films Category:Films scored by Zeltia Montes