La Cage Aux Folles (Blu-ray) (UK Import)

Directed by Edouard Molinaro

Starring: Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Remi Laurent, Claire Maurier, Benny Luke, Michel Galabru, Nicola D'Eramo, Luisi Maneri, Carmen Scarpitta
Contributors: Marcello Danon, Francis Veber, Jean Poiret, Edouard Molinaro, Ennio Morricone, Armando Nannuzzi
Studio: Criterion Collection
Genre: World Cinema
Main Language: French
Subtitles: English
Region: Region B
Release Date: 2 Apr 2018
Originally Issued: 1978
No of Discs: 1
BBFC Cert: (12) Suitable for 12 years and over.
Run Time: 96 minutes

Description

Edouard Molinaro directs this Franco-Italian comedy farce starring Ugo Tognazzi and Michel Serrault. Homosexual couple Renato and Albin (Tognazzi and Serrault) are, respectively, manager and star drag attraction of the Saint-Tropez nightclub. For years they have kept up an illusion that they are husband and wife to protect their son Laurent (Remi Laurent) from potential persecution.

However, when Laurent brings home his fiancée Andrea (Luisi Maneri) to meet his parents, the charade that they are husband and wife takes a more complicated turn, especially when Andrea brings along her conservative parents Louise and Simon (Carmen Scarpitta and Michel Galabru) and Laurent's birth mother shows up at the club.

Special Features

• Interactive Menus
• Bonus Footage
• Trailers
• Interviews: Interview with director Edouard Molinaro; Interview with Laurence Senelick, author of 'The Changing Room: Sex, Drag and Theatre'
• Other Documentary: Archival footage featuring actor Michel Serrault and Jean Poiret, writer and actor in the original stage production of 'La Cage aux Folles'