La Cage aux Folles
Renato (Ugo Tognazzi) and Albin (Michel Serrault)—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 and home decor, when the ultraconservative parents of Renato’s son’s fiancée come for a visit. This elegant comic scenario kicks off a wild and warmhearted French farce about the importance of nonconformity and being true to oneself. A breakout art-house smash in America, Edouard Molinaro’s La Cage aux Folles inspired a major Broadway musical and the blockbuster remake The Birdcage. But with its hilarious performances and ahead-of-its-time social message, there’s nothing like the audacious, dazzling original movie.
Special Features
- New, restored 2K digital film transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- 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 Laurence Senelick, author of The Changing Room: Sex, Drag and Theatre
- French and U.S. trailers
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: An essay by critic David Ehrenstein
New cover by Maurice Vellekoop
Special Features
- New, restored 2K digital film transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- 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 Laurence Senelick, author of The Changing Room: Sex, Drag and Theatre
- French and U.S. trailers
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: An essay by critic David Ehrenstein
New cover by Maurice Vellekoop
Cast
- Ugo Tognazzi
- Renato Baldi
- Michel Serrault
- Albin Mougeotte, a.k.a. Zaza Napoli
- Claire Maurier
- Simone Deblon
- Rémi Laurent
- Laurent Baldi
- Carmen Scarpitta
- Louise Charrier
- Benny Luke
- Jacob
- Luisa Maneri
- Andréa Charrier
- Michel Galabru
- Simon Charrier
- Venantino Venantini
- Charrier’s chauffeur
- Carlo Reali
- Bouncer
- Guido Cerniglia
- Doctor
- Angelo Pellegrino
- Nightclub assistant
- Liana Del Balzo
- Madame Charrier
- Pierre Mondy
- Voice of Renato Baldi
Credits
- Director
- Edouard Molinaro
- From the play by
- Jean Poiret
- Adaptation and dialogue
- Francis Veber
- Adaptation and dialogue
- Edouard Molinaro
- Adaptation and dialogue
- Jean Poiret
- Adaptation and dialogue
- Marcello Danon
- Music
- Ennio Morricone
- Photography
- Armando Nannuzzi
- Edited by
- Monique Isnardon
- Edited by
- Robert Isnardon
- Tognazzi’s and Serrault’s costumes by
- Ambra Danon
- Sound
- Mario Dallimonti
- Production design
- Mario Garbuglia
- Produced by
- Marcello Danon
