La Cage aux Folles(Movie, 1978)

Name: La Cage aux Folles
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1978
Duration: T01:32:00
Rating: 3.4

Original title: "La Cage aux folles" (French/FR)

| 1h 32min | Genre: Comedy

Rating: 3.4/5 (with 169 votes)

La Cage aux Folles ([la kaʒ o fɔl], also released as Birds of a Feather) is a 1978 comedy film directed by Édouard Molinaro, based on Jean Poiret's 1973 play of the same name. It stars Ugo Tognazzi and Michel Serrault as a gay couple operating a drag nightclub in a French resort town, Rémi Laurent as the former's son, and Michel Galabru and Carmen Scarpitta as his new fiancée's ultra-conservative parents. The French-language picture was a Franco-Italian co-production by United Artists. The film was released in Italy on 20 October 1978 and in France on 25 October. A considerable commercial success, it became one of the highest-grossing foreign-language films released in the United States. It won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and was nominated... ()

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Awards & Nominations for La Cage aux Folles

nominated for: Academy Award for Best Director nominated for: Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nominated for: Academy Award for Best Costume Design

About La Cage aux Folles

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. They try to conceal their lifestyle and their ownership of the transvestite club downstairs when the fiancée and her parents come for dinner.

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Trailer for La Cage aux Folles + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Official Trailer(Trailer, 1:32)

Official Trailer (Trailer) | On The Sexual Politics (Featurette) | La cage aux folles (1978) Bande Annonce VF [HD] (Trailer, FR) | La cage aux folles (Trailer, FR)

Additional Information

Production countries: France, Italy

Shot in: Saint-Tropez

Plays in: France

Based on the work of: Jean Poiret ("La Cage aux Folles")

Derivative works/Adaptions: "The Birdcage" (movie, 1996)

Made by: Les Productions Artistes Associés, United Artists, Da Ma Produzione

Original language: French (FR)

Spoken languages: French (FR)

Translated into 15 languages: Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 03/30/1979 (World premiere: 10/25/1978)

Cast: Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Rémi Laurent, Michel Galabru, Liana Del Balzo, Carmen Scarpitta, Venantino Venantini, Benny Luke, Luisa Maneri, Margherita Horowitz, Peter Boom, Claire Maurier, Vittorio Bodini, Pierre Mondy, Oreste Lionello, Mimmo Poli, Jacques Ferrière, Giovanni Vettorazzo, Carlo Reali

Director: Édouard Molinaro

Producer: Marcello Danon

Screenwriter: Francis Veber, Édouard Molinaro, Jean Poiret

Film Editor: Monique Isnardon, Robert Isnardon

Director of Photography: Armando Nannuzzi

Composer: Ennio Morricone

Costume designer: Piero Tosi

Production Designer: Mario Garbuglia

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"La jaula de las locas"

"La jaula de las locas 1"

"Vicios pequeños"

"Narrien naimakaupat"

"La Cage aux Folles 1"

"Il Vizietto"

"Birds of a Feather"

"Birds of a Feather 1"

"The Mad Cage"

"The Mad Cage 1"

Keywords: french riviera, drag queen, cabaret, deputy, based on play or musical, culture clash, lgbt interest, permission to marry, 1970s, paparazzi, saint tropez, travestite, conservative party, father son relationship

Budget: 1,100,000 USD

Revenue: 20,424,259 USD (= 1,857%)

3 movies in the Collection

1978 La Cage aux Folles

1980 La Cage aux Folles II ("La Cage aux folles II")

1985 La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding ("La cage aux folles III : 'Elles' se marient")

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