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Cage aux folles, La (1978)
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30 March 1979 (USA) morePlot:
Two gay men living in St. Tropez have their lives turned upside down when the son of one of the men announces he is getting married... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 4 wins moreUser Comments:
Breakthrough gay film moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Ugo Tognazzi | ... | Renato Baldi | |
| Michel Serrault | ... | Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli' | |
| Claire Maurier | ... | Simone Deblon | |
| Rémi Laurent | ... | Laurent Baldi | |
| Carmen Scarpitta | ... | Louise Charrier | |
| Benny Luke | ... | Jacob | |
| Luisa Maneri | ... | Andrea Charrier | |
| Michel Galabru | ... | Simon Charrier | |
| Venantino Venantini | ... | Le chauffeur de Charrier | |
| Carlo Reali | ... | The bouncer | |
| Guido Cerniglia | ... | The doctor | |
| Angelo Pellegrino | |||
| Nicola D'Eramo | |||
| Vinicio Dimanti | (as Vinicio Diamanti) | ||
| Liana Del Balzo | ... | Mme Charrier |
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USA:110 min | Germany:87 min | Argentina:98 minLanguage:
FrenchColor:
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1.66 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Argentina:X (original rating) | Argentina:16 (re-rating) | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | France:U | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:12 | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:ALMOVIEmeter: 
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It ran for well over a year at the Paris Theater, an art house in New York City, as well as theaters throughout the country, in both urban and rural areas moreQuotes:
Albin Mougeotte: He's being taken from us, and we won't have any others.Renato Baldi: Unless there's a miracle.
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I have fond memories of this film. It played in Boston in 1979--back then I was a closeted high school kid. It played for over a year at a theatre in Boston and I was curious to see why. I somehow got in (the film was R rated and I looked about 14) and loved it! It was funny, uplifting, gay positive and made me realize there is nothing wrong with being gay. Seeing it again over 20 years later it's not as funny or uplifting as it once was but I still enjoyed it.
The plot is old hat and the movie is directed by the numbers but the script has some very funny lines and all the performances are great. Particularly funny are Michel Serrault (as the more feminine gay man) and Michel Galabru (as the minister of moral order). The final dinner party sequence is absolutely hysterical!
Some people have said this film has stereotyped gay characters and that Serrault's constant screaming is annoying. I disagree--I found nothing offensive about the characters (there are gay men like Serrault--I've met them!) and his screaming is actually very fine. A very funny French farce--well worth seeing. Ignore the R rating--it only has that because of the subject matter (which was pretty risky for 1978). If it were rerated today it would easily get a PG-13.
Skip the two sequels and the Americanized remake "The Birdcage" in which they use the exact same script as the original--with all the same jokes and some bad new ones added in.