La Cage aux Folles is a 1978 film adaptation of the 1973 play by Jean Poiret. It was directed by Édouard Molinaro. Like the play, the film tells the story of a homosexual couple - Renato, the manager of a Saint-Tropez nightclub featuring transvestite entertainment, and Albin, his star attraction - and the adventures that ensue when Renato's son brings home his fiancee's ultra-conservative parents to meet them.
The film (subtitled "Birds of a Feat...
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La Cage aux Folles is a 1978 film adaptation of the 1973 play by Jean Poiret. It was directed by Édouard Molinaro. Like the play, the film tells the story of a homosexual couple - Renato, the manager of a Saint-Tropez nightclub featuring transvestite entertainment, and Albin, his star attraction - and the adventures that ensue when Renato's son brings home his fiancee's ultra-conservative parents to meet them.
The film (subtitled "Birds of a Feather" on the US poster) won over audiences with its sight gags, uproarious complications, and a tender and touching conclusion. It played for well over a year at the Paris Theatre, an art house cinema in New York City, as well as theatres throughout the country in both urban and rural areas. For years it remained the most successful foreign film to be released in the United States.
Unlike many other non English language films, the English dubbing was done generally by the original cast.
The film score was composed by Ennio Morricone.
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