Rent La Cage aux Folles (1978)
3.7 of 5 from 100 ratings
1h 33min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
Renato (Ugo Tognazzi) and Albin (Michel Serrault) - a middle-aged gay couple who are the manager and star performer at a glitzy drag club in Saint-Tropez - agree to hide their sexual identities, along with their flamboyant personalities and home decor, when the ultraconservative parents of Renato's son fiancée come for a visit. This elegant comic scenario kicks off a wild and warmhearted French farce about the importance of nonconformity and being true to oneself. A breakout art-house smash in America, Edouard Molinaro's 'La Cage aux Folles' inspired a major Broadway musical and the blockbuster remake 'The Birdcage'. But with its hilarious performances and ahead-of-its-time social message, there's nothing like the audacious, dazzling original movie. - Actors:
- Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Claire Maurier, Rémi Laurent, Carmen Scarpitta, Benny Luke, Luisa Maneri, Michel Galabru, Venantino Venantini, Carlo Reali, Guido Cerniglia, Angelo Pellegrino, Nicola D'Eramo, Vinicio Diamanti, Liana Del Balzo, Piero Mazzinghi, Walter Lucchini, Bruno Squeglia, Margherita Horowitz, Antonio Maimone
- Directors:
- Édouard Molinaro
- Producers:
- Marcello Danon
- Voiced By:
- Jacques Balutin, Jacques Ferrière, Martine Messager, Pierre Mondy
- Writers:
- Jean Poiret, Francis Veber, Édouard Molinaro, Marcello Danon
- Others:
- Édouard Molinaro, Piero Tosi, Ambra Danon, Marcello Danon
- Aka:
- The Mad Cage
- Studio:
- MGM
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Lesbian & Gay
- Collections:
- 10 Films to Watch Next If You Liked: Prick Up Your Ears, A Brief History of Film Weddings: Part 2, A Brief History of the Summer Olympics on Film, A History of Gay Cinema: According to Hollywood, A World of Difference: A History of Gay Cinema, Cinema Paradiso's 2022 Centenary Club, Top 10 French-Language Remakes
- Countries:
- France
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 02/04/2018
- Run Time:
- 96 minutes
- Languages:
- French LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- New interview with director Edouard Molinaro
- Archival footage featuring actor Michel Serrault and Jean Poiret, writer and star of the original stage production of La Cage aux Folles
- New interview with Laurence Senelick, author of The Changing Room: Sex, Drag and Theatre
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Reviews (1) of La Cage aux Folles
French gay, warm farce with a wider, humanist appeal - La Cage aux Folles review by Mr Aquarium
More than a gay farce; it's also about a crisis in the partnership of a long-established couple, played for humour and for sympathy. The gay people here are not milked for jokes at the expense of them not being straight - they're the decent heart of the movie. It's straight society's expectations which create the action; there's a Minister of Moral Standards [think Mary Whitehouse crossed with Michael Gove]. Inventive and, at the time, for a British and US film culture something different. As with much comedy, you'll either tune into it or find it leaves you just bemused.
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