La cage aux folles / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios ; distribué par Les Artistes associés ; un film produit par Marcello Danon ; coproduction franco-italienne Les Productions Artistes Associés-Paris, DA. MA. Produzione S.p.A.-Rome ; adaptation a l'écran, Francis Veber, Edouard Molinaro, Marcello Danon et Jean Poiret ; un film de Edouard Molinaro.
Edition:
Blu-ray special edition.
Publisher:
Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
c2013
Description:
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([12] pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm.)
Michel Serrault, Ugo Tognazzi, Claire Maurier, Remi Laurent, Carmen Scarpitta, Benny Luke, Luisa Maneri, Michel Galabru. Based upon the play by Jean Poiret. Originally released as a motion picture in 1978. Special features: New, restored 2K digital film transfer; new interview with director Edouard Molinaro; archival footage featuring actor Michel Serrault and Jean Poiret, writer and star of the original stage production of La cage aux folles; new interview with author Laurence Senelick. Plus a booklet featuring an essay by critic David Ehrenstein.
Summary:
Renato and Albin--a middle-aged gay couple who are the manager and star performer at a glitzy drag club in Saint-Tropez--agree to hide their sexual identities, along with their flamboyant personalities, when the ultraconservative parents of Renato's son's fiancee come for a visit. A French farce about the importance of nonconformity and being true to oneself that inspired the major Broadway musical and the movie remake The Birdcage.
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