French film la cage aux folles

This is the original film the birdcage was made from, if your into subtitles it is a much funnier film, the characters are so delightfully ridiculous you will howl. Robin williams and nathan lane give hilarious performances as the lead couple. Where it goes instead is to actual comedy, with the first of three pivotal scenes that form the film s backbone. The film stars deborah kerr, david niven, jean seberg, mylene demongeot and geoffrey horne, and features juliette greco, walter chiari, martita hunt and. He died on november 14, 1989 in paris, france of aids. Even fewer hollywood films take an established, successful french film and create something entertaining and relevant to todays audiences. But it can get away with this because of the way it is pitched as a farce, unlike, say, outrageous. The bordeauxborn filmmaker died of lung failure, reports the bbc. Bonjour tristesse french hello, sadness is a 1958 britishamerican technicolor film in cinemascope, directed and produced by otto preminger from a screenplay by arthur laurents based on the novel of the same name by francoise sagan. Make sure you watch it in french with english subtitles. Its about the gay owner of a scandalous nightclub in st.

Kelsey grammer and douglas hodge on broadway the new york times. It is cowritten and directed by edouard molinaro and stars ugo tognazzi and michel serrault. 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. From what i remember, it was a laughriot from beginning to end, and was very economical at 96 minutes. Remi laurent was born on october 12, 1957 in suresnes, france. And although the source material is about 20 years old, its still funny as hell. Tropez, his transvestite lover, and how the owner reacts after his son returns home one day and announces hes going to marry. And i thought this one was a great remake, if not better.