But its also part of a bigger story, one in which a movie about two gay men living together as a. It began as a french stage play in 1973, spawned two sequels, became a broadway musical, and was later remade as the 1996 comedy the birdcage. A samesex couple, in those days, was usually either comic relief or ridiculed, and this film challenged our perspectives. The comedy that comes out of the closet two gay men living in st. Jump to navigation jump to search cinema of france. Like the play upon which it is based, the film tells the story of a gay. It is cowritten and directed by edouard molinaro and stars ugo tognazzi and michel serrault. It is the film upon which bird cage with robin williams is featured. One should not miss this classic expose of trans sexual entertainment. Its about the gay owner of a scandalous nightclub in st.
Tropez, his transvestite lover, and how the owner reacts after his son returns home one day and announces hes going to marry. Renato owns a drag night club, and zaza is a female impersonator and star at the night club. He died on november 14, 1989 in paris, france of aids. The story begins with renato and zaza, two guys that are gay and live together. Despite its milestone status, it was denounced by some gay. 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 drag club downstairs when the fiancee and her parents come for dinner. Make sure you watch it in french with english subtitles. To find out more about the films sexual politics and. Serraults highpitched nervous yelps punctuate the films comedy. Remi laurent was born on october 12, 1957 in suresnes, france. After growing up in florence italy, tosi landed his first job as a costume assistant on a stage production of le chandelier, before meeting the legendary stage and. Zaza michel serrault thinks that he is no longer attractive to renato ugo tognazzi, and to make him jealous sets out to the local caf.
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