We expect musicals on the great white way to be joyous, exuberant and festive this one, set in a st. Tropez, his transvestite lover, and how the owner reacts after his son returns home one day and announces hes going to marry. He died on november 14, 1989 in paris, france of aids director. To ensure that the marriage goes off without a hitch, albin uses his skills as a drag performer to play mom for a meeting. Renato ugo tognazzi and albin michel serrault are happy that their son, laurent remi laurent, is getting married. Tropez dragshow nightclub owned by georges and headlined by his longtime love albin.
The comedy that comes out of the closet two gay men living in st. Albin michel serrault enters the room in drag and introduces himself as the mother. 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. British actorsinger douglas hodge was allowed to repeat his performance as albinzaza, the female impersonator, while the part of his more butch life partner georges was given to american tv star kelsey grammer. Its about the gay owner of a scandalous nightclub in st. Unfortunately, the brides father michel galabru is a diehard conservative and renato and albin are rather conspicuously gay. The 1983 musical, based on the 1973 french play of the same name by jean poiret. The story begins with renato and zaza, two guys that are gay and live together. We expect musicals on the great white way to be joyous, exuberant and festive this one, set in a. The couple raised georges son the product of a youthful onenight. But in the early years of the 21st century, broadway developed a new formula for musical revivals that went.
Print instantly, or sync to our free pc, web and mobile apps. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming movies tv shows news. Tropez have their lives turned upside down when the son of one of the men announces he is getting married. But it can get away with this because of the way it is pitched as a farce, unlike, say, outrageous.
It is cowritten and directed by edouard molinaro and stars ugo tognazzi and michel serrault. They try conceal their lifestyle and their ownership of the transvestite club downstairs when the fiancee and her parents come for dinner. 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. With ugo tognazzi, michel serrault, claire maurier, remi laurent. 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. Like the play upon which it is based, the film tells the story of a gay. Of all the versions, imitations, and sequels, the first 1978 french picture is the best and funniest, a fresh look at machoism and drag queens. One should not miss this classic expose of trans sexual entertainment. 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.
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