Tropez, his transvestite lover, and how the owner reacts after his son returns home one day and announces hes going to marry. The comedy that comes out of the closet two gay men living in st. Best american remake of a nonenglish movie poll image. But in the early years of the 21st century, broadway developed a new formula for musical revivals that went. With ugo tognazzi, michel serrault, claire maurier, remi laurent. Two of europes most virile male stars, michel serrault and ugo tognazzi, portray two very flamboyant, aging gay gentlemen. Half the conversation is in french, but the english subtitles remain present even. In a move to make his partner, renato, jealous, the flamboyant albin waits in a local cafe dressed as a woman hoping to be picked up. English dubbed versions are not near as funny and authentic as the original version. Michel serrault and ugo tognazzi return in this zany espionage caper that has the two targeted by murderous enemy agents in an unforgettable crosscountry journey. Multiple links are listed since a different versions exist and b many scripts posted become unavailable over time. The new highdefinition transfer is presented in 1080p24hz. When released in 1978, it ranked as the highestgrossing foreignlanguage film ever in the united.
If you want to start a film lacageauxfolles page, just click the edit button above. It began as a french stage play in 1973, spawned two sequels, became a broadway musical, and was later remade as the 1996 comedy the birdcage. Be careful, though, the only things that go in the main namespace are tropes and should be created through the ykttw system. But with its hilarious performances and aheadofitstime social message, theres nothing like the audacious, dazzling original movie. Half the conversation is in french, but the english subtitles remain present even in the. Make sure you watch it in french with english subtitles. But its also part of a bigger story, one in which a movie about. There are plenty of action scenes throughout the comedy that will make you truly laugh. I have wanted to watch the original for a long time as it is so well spoken of. When the frenchitalian film adaptation of jean poirets play became a big box office hit in the late 70s, it was a conventional farce with a typically gallic twist, the old sonof. But albin gets more than he bargains for when the fly he catches in his web is actually a spy, who uses him as an unwitting courier of secret microfilm.
But the catch is that albin must marry a woman and produce a heir within a year or the whole inheritance will be forfeited. Based on the 1973 french play of the same name by jean. Unlike the first two films, which were directed by edouard molinaro, this third installment is. Partners for 20 years, they have a comfortable life ensconced in their nightclub. The story is about a gay couple, renalto baldi ugo. Its about the gay owner of a scandalous nightclub in st. Finding a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the edouard molinarodirected movie via subscription can be. Tropez have their lives turned upside down when the son of one of the men announces he is getting married. The french is priceless and really does not translate well into english. Renato ugo tognazzi and albin michel serrault are happy that their son, laurent remi laurent, is getting married. Start your membership and discover thousands of movies and tv shows with prime video. Jerry herman biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. The version originally dubbed into german and released here obviously runs a. One of the most successful comedies of all time, this best foreign film award winner inspired the birdcage and stars michel serrault and ugo tognazzi as two partners torn between crossdressing and chaos.
Georges, club owner and master of ceremonies, welcomes the audience to his establishment and introduces les cagelles, the clubs chorus girls we are what we are. It is cowritten and directed by edouard molinaro and stars ugo tognazzi and michel serrault. Just over thirty years old, the musical retains all its zest, sparkle and timeliness. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Once you select rent youll have 14 days to start watching the movie and 48. As the weeks went on and the receipts piled higher, wider theatrical bookings followed. Naturally, this comes as quite a shock to albin and, especially, to his longtime lover, renato. Tropez nightclub where the chief attraction is a drag act performed by his lover, serrault. The couple raised georges son the product of a youthful onenight. Though generally pleasing the film looks like its a product of the 70s, specifically in the night club sequences.
Tropez dragshow nightclub owned by georges and headlined by his longtime love albin. Brava to josh gates, wil king, adam noviello, taylor scanlan, anthony sheppard and kyle stevens. I have wanted to watch the original for a long time as it. But it can get away with this because of the way it is pitched as a farce, unlike, say, outrageous. In addition to the stars serrault and tognazzi, it also brings back memorable characters from the first movie such as michel. Like the play upon which it is based, the film tells the story of a gay. At times some of the characters came across as uncomfortably angry rather than comedy angry.
The story begins with renato and zaza, two guys that are gay and live together. To ensure that the marriage goes off without a hitch, albin uses his skills as a drag performer to play mom for a meeting with the inlaws. However, it is important to view the movie in its original french language with subtitles because the english. They try to conceal their lifestyle and their ownership of the drag club downstairs when the fiancee and her parents come for dinner. Remi laurent was born on october 12, 1957 in suresnes, france. He died on november 14, 1989 in paris, france of aids. There are plenty of action scenes throughout the comedy. Based on the 1973 french play of the same name by jean poiret, it tells the story of a gay couple, georges, the manager of a sainttropez nightclub featuring drag entertainment, and albin, his. Unfortunately, the brides father michel galabru is a diehard conservative and renato and albin are rather conspicuously gay.
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