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La Cage aux Folles is a french film of genre Comedy directed by Édouard Molinaro released in USA on 30 march 1979 with Ugo Tognazzi

La Cage aux Folles (1978)

La Cage aux Folles
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Released in USA 30 march 1979
Length 1h43
Directed by
OriginFrance
Genres Comedy
Rating71% 3.5930053.5930053.5930053.5930053.593005

La Cage aux Folles is a 1978 French-Italian film adaptation of the 1973 play La Cage aux Folles by Jean Poiret. It is co-written and directed by Édouard Molinaro and stars Ugo Tognazzi and Michel Serrault. In Italian it is known as Il vizietto.

Synopsis

Like the play, the film tells the story of a gay couple – Renato Baldi (Ugo Tognazzi), the manager of a Saint-Tropez nightclub featuring drag entertainment, and Albin Mougeotte (Michel Serrault), his star attraction – and the madness that ensues when Renato's son, Laurent (Rémi Laurent), brings home his fiancée, Andrea (Luisa Maneri), and her ultra-conservative parents (Carmen Scarpitta and Michel Galabru) to meet them.

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