This elegant comic scenario kicks off a wild and warmhearted french farce about. I love the american version, the bird cage too with robin williams and nathan lane but i dont see it in the watch now section. I have also seen the american remake of this film the birdcage and i have to. It is cowritten and directed by edouard molinaro and stars ugo tognazzi and michel serrault. American libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. Its about the gay owner of a scandalous nightclub in st. But it can get away with this because of the way it is pitched as a farce, unlike, say, outrageous. With ugo tognazzi, michel serrault, claire maurier, remi laurent.
With michel serrault, ugo tognazzi, marcel bozzuffi, michel galabru. Renato owns a drag night club, and zaza is a female impersonator and star at the night club. The reason is through no fault of the original french filmmakers and actors, the american remake is one of the few films that did a good job of suiting it for american. Younger gay audiences are probably more familiar with the 1996 remake, the birdcage, but they owe it to themselves to check out the original french film because it is one of the true masterpieces of screen comedy.
This list includes both englishlanguage films that were based on previously released foreignlanguage films and those that were not based on any previous film, but merely share a common source material. French film draaaaaaagedeven put me to sleep really birdcage w. Tropez, his transvestite lover, and how the owner reacts after his son returns home one day and announces hes going to marry. 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. The son announces his engagement to the daughter of a rightwing u. Tropez have their lives turned upside down when the son of one of the men announces he is getting married. It is directed by edouard molinaro and stars michel serrault as albin stage name zaza, the female impersonator star of a gay nightclub revue, and ugo tognazzi as renato, his partner of over 20 years. In 1996, an american remake titled the birdcage, directed by mike nichols and written.
Trending now this story has been shared 33,984 times. French language films movie and tv show licensing from swank. The gay couple then hide out in renatos native italy, but find little peace there with their frequent. Herman himself had tried to obtain the rights to the show after he had seen the french movie version, and. Somehow, the whole movie appears funnier in its original french even though i dont speak french. With robin williams, nathan lane, gene hackman, dianne wiest. The comedy that comes out of the closet two gay men living in st. You probably know the story from the mike nichols nonmusical film, the birdcage. But with its hilarious performances and aheadofitstime social message, theres nothing like the audacious, dazzling original movie. 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. Albin and renato travel to italy to hide at renatos mothers farm.
The story is about a gay couple, renalto baldi ugo. Large database of subtitles for movies, tv series and anime. They try to conceal their lifestyle and their ownership of the drag club downstairs when the fiancee and her parents come for dinner. And although the source material is about 20 years old, its still funny as hell. 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. American audiences may like the remake better because the. List of englishlanguage films with previous foreign. Tropez night club named cage aux folle george runs it and albion is its transvestite star, the fabulous zaza. High kick your way through a fabulous evening of cabaret. This is the original movie based on a french play that the birdcage and the.
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