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Cast
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| Ugo Tognazzi | ... | Renato Baldi | |
| Michel Serrault | ... | Albin Mougeotte dit Zaza Napoli | |
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Claire Maurier | ... | Simone Deblon |
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Rémi Laurent | ... | Laurent Baldi |
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Carmen Scarpitta | ... | Louise Charrier |
| Benny Luke | ... | Jacob | |
| Luisa Maneri | ... | Andréa Charrier | |
| Michel Galabru | ... | Simon Charrier | |
| Venantino Venantini | ... | Le chauffeur de Charrier | |
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Carlo Reali | ... | Le videur |
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Guido Cerniglia | ... | Le médecin |
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Angelo Pellegrino | ... | Un assistant de la boîte de nuit |
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Nicola D'Eramo | ||
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Vinicio Diamanti | ||
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Liana Del Balzo | ... | Mme Charrier |
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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. They try to conceal their lifestyle and their ownership of the drag club downstairs when the fiancée and her parents come for dinner. Written by Elisabeth Freeman <freeman-elisabeth@cs.yale.edu>
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The comedy that comes out of the closet!Genres:
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Language:
FrenchRelease Date:
30 March 1979 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Birds of a Feather See more »Edit
Box Office
Budget:
FRF7,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$18,709, 1 April 1979Gross USA:
$20,424,259Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$20,424,259Company Credits
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MonoColor:
Color (Eastmancolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1
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Actor Ugo Tognazzi refused to speak most of his lines in anything but Italian, which cause no end of problems for director Édouard Molinaro, according to an interview on the Criterion release. He says he was forced to re-write Tognazzi's French dialogue to match his lips speaking in Italian and bring in a French voice actor to re-dub the lines. See more »Alternate Versions
Showtime presented both subtitled and dubbed versions many years ago. The dubbed version had scenes that weren't in the subtitled version. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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I don't care what country you are from or what your sexuality is, La Cage Aux Folles is an endearing comedy the likes of which comes around perhaps once a decade.
Michael Serrault is the centerpiece of the film, as the star of the La Cage revue and the "mother" of the young man wishing to marry the daughter of an incredibly "moral" politico. The toast scene had me rolling on the floor...Serrault's high-pitched nervous yelps punctuate the film's comedy.
One of the few cult films really deserving of that status, La Cage is not one to be missed.