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La Cage Aux Folles
1979
Chaos ensues when a gay man attempts to pose as straight for the benefit of his son's future in-laws. Renato owns a popular nightclub and his long-time lover Zaza, is a female impersonator and the club's star attraction. Unfortunately, Renato's son, Laurent has not told his future father-in-law, an important figure in a .. Read more
| Starring | Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Michel Galabru, Claire Maurier |
|---|---|
| Director | Edouard Molinaro |
| Genres | Comedy, Gay/Lesbian, World Cinema |
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La Cage Aux Folles
Chaos ensues when a gay man attempts to pose as straight for the benefit of his son's future in-laws. Renato owns a popular nightclub and his long-time lover Zaza, is a female impersonator and the club's star attraction. Unfortunately, Renato's son, Laurent has not told his future father-in-law, an important figure in a conservative political organization about his unconventional family. But Renato finds his familiar habits, and those of the even more flamboyant Zaza, getting in the way of their charade. Zaza then comes up with what he thinks is an ideal solution: he'll dress in drag and pose as Renato's wife.
| Starring | Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Michel Galabru, Claire Maurier, Remi Laurent |
|---|---|
| Director | Edouard Molinaro |
| Studio | MGM ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 27 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy, Gay/Lesbian, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: French |
| Dubbed | English, German, Italian, Spanish |
| Hearing-impaired | English, German |
| Subtitles | DVD: Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish |
| Released | DVD: 01 Jul 2002 Production year: 1979 |
| Format | DVD |
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Barefoot black butler can't decide whether he's a Pearl Bailey or Paul Robeson. Father of the family has a teenage son... read more on Time Out
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7 out of 8 people found this review helpful
Top-mark French black-comedy.
The best way to describe La Cage Aux Folles is kind of a mixture between Cabaret and Yes Minister. It's significantly more entertaining than most other trite and banal French cinematic offerings, and I actually preferred it to more recent productions such as Delicatessen and Belleville Rendezvous.
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
A French classic. This was yet another French film to be copied by the Americans - it became "The Bird Cage", but I prefer the original.
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