The story begins with renato and zaza, two guys that are gay and live together. He entered films in the mid 50s and became a character star, almost exclusively in french productions. The story is about a gay couple, renalto baldi ugo. Ein kafig voller narren franzosischer originaltitel. It was also the first gay hit in film history, inspiring not one but two sequels, as well as an american remake, mike nicholss the birdcage 1996. But it can get away with this because of the way it is pitched as a farce, unlike, say, outrageous. The novelty of such sexual innuendos was rare in 1978 when this picture was released. Make sure you watch it in french with english subtitles. Remi laurent was born on october 12, 1957 in suresnes, france. Adapted into a french film in 1978, it was the most popular. The film was not without interest for gays and lesbians, especially transvestitesand it stirred some controversy among more. It began as a french stage play in 1973, spawned two sequels, became a broadway musical, and was later remade as the 1996 comedy the birdcage. After growing up in florence italy, tosi landed his first job as a costume assistant on a stage production of le chandelier, before meeting the legendary stage and.
They try to conceal their lifestyle and their ownership of the drag club downstairs when the fiancee and her parents come for dinner. Renato owns a drag night club, and zaza is a female impersonator and star at the night club. With ugo tognazzi, michel serrault, claire maurier, remi laurent. Like the play upon which it is based, the film tells the story of a gay. Serraults highpitched nervous yelps punctuate the films comedy. The comedy that comes out of the closet 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.
A samesex couple, in those days, was usually either comic relief or ridiculed, and this film challenged our perspectives. To find out more about the film s sexual politics and. Juragan21, layar kaca 21, lk21, movieon21, nonton, nonton film, nonton movie. Zaza michel serrault thinks that he is no longer attractive to renato ugo tognazzi, and to make him jealous sets out to the local caf. Its about the gay owner of a scandalous nightclub in st. Tropez, his transvestite lover, and how the owner reacts after his son returns home one day and announces hes going to marry.
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