La Cage Aux Folles

1979 • 96 minutes
4.0
46 reviews
96%
Tomatometer
Eligible
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About this movie

Two of Europe's most virile male stars, Michel Serrault and Ugo Tognazzi, portray two very flamboyant, aging gay gentlemen. Togazzi is the owner of a St. Tropez nightclub where the chief attraction is a drag act performed by his lover, Serrault. Tognazzi has a son from a former marriage who is engaged to the daughter of a politician who is a very active vigilant member of the Union of Moral Order. The son has carefully hidden his father's true profession. But now the upright -and uptight- politician and his wife are coming for a social visit, and the future of Tognazzi's son's marriage is at stake. Tognazzi and Serrault desperately try to "butch up" their home and manners for the ensuing visit. The hilarious complications of the evening are (not quite) beyond belief...

Ratings and reviews

4.0
46 reviews
Shahab Navab
November 23, 2017
Little BIG Film. Which Hollywood can't ever remake..
13 people found this review helpful
Sebastien Manseau
July 18, 2017
Original movie that inspired the birdcage. Great French movie!
30 people found this review helpful
Zoo Bee
June 25, 2019
This original is much much funnier than the remake. Watch this one first. Hollywood lost something in translation.
30 people found this review helpful