Tropez night club named cage aux folle george runs it and albion is its transvestite star, the fabulous zaza. But with its hilarious performances and aheadofitstime social message, theres nothing like the audacious, dazzling original movie. With christian clavier, didier bourdon, danieljean colloredo, jeanmarc coudert. Georges and albion are two middleaged homosexuals whose committed relationship plays out against the background of a st. Both an enormously comical farce and a touchingly story, the bittersweet musical asks audiences to view things from a different angle. In 1996, an american remake titled the birdcage, directed by mike nichols. A remake of the classic 1978 comedy film of the same name.
When the french italian 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. The story is about a gay couple, renalto baldi ugo. Unfortunately, the brides father michel galabru is a diehard conservative and renato and albin are rather conspicuously gay. Michou, the blue man of paris nightlife, dead at 88. Armand goldman robin williams is the owner and musical director of the film s eponoymous. The film was the second highestgrossing film of the year in france with 5,406,614 admissions. Multiple links are listed since a different versions exist and b many scripts posted become unavailable over time.
He died on november 14, 1989 in paris, france of aids. And although the source material is about 20 years old, its still funny as hell. If you want to start a film lacageauxfolles page, just click the edit button above. And nichols has two almighty weapons in his arsenal, in the form of williams and costar nathan lane. You probably know the story from the mike nichols nonmusical film, the birdcage. The songs ooze charm, romance and melodies that are impossible to get out of your head. After son laurent remi laurent turns up and announces his impending nuptials, transvestitenightclub owner renato ugo tognazzi and his dragqueen star at. Tropez have their lives turned upside down when the son of one of the men announces he is getting married. But its also part of a bigger story, one in which a movie about two gay men living together as a. Tropez, his transvestite lover, and how the owner reacts after his son returns home one day and announces hes going to marry.