La Cage aux Folles (film)
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| Directed by | Édouard Molinaro |
| Produced by | Marcello Danon |
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La Cage aux Folles by Jean Poiret |
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| Music by | Ennio Morricone |
| Cinematography | Armando Nannuzzi |
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| Distributed by | United Artists |
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| Budget | $1.1 million |
| Box office | $20.4 million |
La Cage aux Folles is a 1978 Franco-Italian comedy film and the first film adaptation of Jean Poiret's 1973 play of the same name. It is co-written and directed by Édouard Molinaro and stars Ugo Tognazzi and Michel Serrault.
Like the play, the film tells the story of a gay couple – Renato Baldi (Ugo Tognazzi), the manager of a Saint-Tropez nightclub featuring drag entertainment, and Albin Mougeotte (Michel Serrault), his star attraction – and the madness that ensues when Renato's son, Laurent (Rémi Laurent), brings home his fiancée, Andrea (Luisa Maneri), and her ultra-conservative parents (Carmen Scarpitta and Michel Galabru) to meet them.
As of 2014[update], La Cage aux Folles has remained the No. 10. foreign film released in the United States of America.
The film received critical acclaim. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 100% rating based on 18 reviews, with an average rating of 7.8/10.
The film was followed by two sequels: La Cage aux Folles II (1980), also directed by Molinaro, and La Cage aux folles 3 - 'Elles' se marient (1985), directed by Georges Lautner.
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