These subtitles in english language may be downloaded for free as a. In a move to make his partner, renato, jealous, the flamboyant albin waits in a local cafe dressed as a woman hoping to be picked up. 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. Its about the gay owner of a scandalous nightclub in st. 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.
Make sure you watch it in french with english subtitles. The story is about a gay couple, renalto baldi ugo. As the weeks went on and the receipts piled higher, wider theatrical bookings followed. English dubbed two of europes most virile male stars, michel serrault and ugo. Renato owns a drag night club, and zaza is a female impersonator and star at the night club. And better still, if you are viewing with vlc on your pc, you can easily drag and drop the srt file over the playing movie, and it should work correctly.
Tropez, his transvestite lover, and how the owner reacts after his son returns home one day and announces hes going to marry. Tropez dragshow nightclub owned by georges and headlined by his longtime love albin. I have wanted to watch the original for a long time as it is so well spoken of. Folles definition of folles by the free dictionary.
The couple raised georges son the product of a youthful onenight. After twenty years of unwedded bliss georges and albin, two men partnered for betterorworse get a bit of both when georges son fathered during a onenight fling announces. Ugo tognazzi, michel serrault, claire maurier, remi. He died on november 14, 1989 in paris, france of aids.
Below are the steps to add to any movie player you are using to start. Remi laurent was born on october 12, 1957 in suresnes, france. They try conceal their lifestyle and their ownership of the transvestite club downstairs when the fiancee and her. But with its hilarious performances and aheadofitstime social message, theres nothing like the audacious, dazzling original movie. With ugo tognazzi, michel serrault, claire maurier, remi laurent. But albin gets more than he bargains for when the fly he catches in his web is actually a spy, who uses him as an unwitting courier of secret microfilm. An illustration of a computer application window wayback machine an illustration of an open book. The manager of a sainttropez nightclub featuring drag entertainment, and his star attraction, are a gay couple.
A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancees rightwing moralistic parents. At times some of the characters came across as uncomfortably angry rather than comedy angry. With robin williams, nathan lane, gene hackman, dianne wiest. Tropez have their lives turned upside down when the son of one of the men announces he is getting married. Somehow, the whole movie appears funnier in its original french even though i dont speak french.
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