Critically acclaimed comedy about a gay male couple preparing for a visit by ones son, his fiancee and her father, the morals commissioner of france. It is cowritten and directed by edouard molinaro and stars ugo tognazzi and michel serrault. All of the segments pertaining to the movie have been included. Tropez, his transvestite lover, and how the owner reacts after his son returns home one day and announces hes going to marry. Life after death experience nde with steve gardipee, vietnam war story one of the best ndes duration. Before august of 2014, there was only one thing missing from san franciscos bustling theatre scene.
The gay couple then hide out in renatos native italy, but find little peace there with their frequent. With michel serrault, ugo tognazzi, marcel bozzuffi, michel galabru. Tropez, his transvestite lover, and how the owner reacts after his son returns home one. One of the most successful comedies of all time, this best foreign film award winner inspired the birdcage and stars michel serrault and ugo tognazzi as two partners torn between crossdressing and chaos. But it can get away with this because of the way it is pitched as a farce, unlike, say, outrageous. The nightclub owner is played by ugo tognazzi, that grizzled italian. The wedding film streaming italiano golden globe per il miglior film straniero wikipedia. Its about the gay owner of a scandalous nightclub in st. To ensure that the marriage goes off without a hitch, albin uses his skills as a drag performer to play mom for a meeting with the inlaws. The comedy that comes out of the closet two gay men living in st. Nightclub owner renato and his transvestite companionlover albin becoming involved with the local cops and foreign spies when albin unwittingly gets his hands on a roll of stolen microfilm.
Actor ugo tognazzi refused to speak most of his lines in anything but italian. On an angle just take a deep breath, a sip of champagne open your eyes and what do you see. When the frenchitalian film adaptation of jean poirets play became a big box office hit in the late 70s, it was a conventional farce with a typically gallic twist, the old sonof. It is directed by edouard molinaro and stars michel serrault as albin stage name zaza, the female impersonator star of a gay nightclub revue, and ugo tognazzi as renato, his partner of over 20 years. Like the play upon which it is based, the film tells the story of a gay. Renato ugo tognazzi and albin michel serrault are happy that their son, laurent remi laurent, is getting married. Unfortunately, the brides father michel galabru is a diehard conservative and renato and albin are rather conspicuously gay.
You probably know the story from the mike nichols nonmusical film, the birdcage. It is impossible for me, having been exposed to the birdcage first, to not compare the original and the remake. Instead of jerry herman and harvey fiersteins beautifully written and insightfully scored musical, complete with heartbreaking moments and set pieces of real hilarity, this is very much john partridge presents. Albins michel serrault role as the mother comes to a screeching halt when the biological mother shows up. Jerry herman biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Each season, the company presents both classic and new works that may include tonywinning pieces and world premieres. They try to conceal their lifestyle and their ownership. Tropez have their lives turned upside down when the son of one of the men announces he is getting married.
Georges and albion are two middleaged homosexuals whose committed relationship plays out against the background of a st. Tropez night club named cage aux folle george runs it and albion is its. Feb 23, 2014 official video content provided by mgm home entertainment or one of its authorized agents. Staring michel serrault, ugo tognazzi, claire maurier and luisa maneri. Tropez nightclub where the chief attraction is a drag act performed by his lover, serrault. Deutsch, francais, italiano, castellano before going to a main menu offering. This elegant comic scenario kicks off a wild and warmhearted french farce about the importance of nonconformity and being true to oneself. Two of europes most virile male stars, michel serrault and ugo tognazzi, portray two very flamboyant, aging gay gentlemen. Albin michel serrault enters the room in drag and introduces himself as the mother.
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