← Previous revisionRevision as of 13:53, 9 October 2026 Line 49: Line 49: '''''La Cage aux Folles''''' ({{IPA|fr|la kaʒ o fɔl|}}, {{lit|The Fairies' cage}}, also released as '''''Birds of a Feather''''') is a 1978 [[comedy film]] co-written and directed by [[Édouard Molinaro]], based on [[Jean Poiret]]'s [[La Cage aux Folles (play)|1973 play]]. It stars [[Ugo Tognazzi]] and [[Michel Serrault]] as a gay couple operating a [[drag (clothing)|drag]] nightclub on the [[French Riviera]], [[Rémi Laurent]] as the former's son, and [[Michel Galabru]] and [[Carmen Scarpitta]] as his new fiancée's [[ultraconservative]] parents. The French-language picture was a French-Italian co-production by [[United Artists]].{{Cite web|title=La Cage aux folles (1978)|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6df51541|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217060630/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6df51541|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 February 2018|access-date=2021-09-01|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]}} '''''La Cage aux Folles''''' ({{IPA|fr|la kaʒ o fɔl|}}, {{lit|The Fairies' cage}}, also released as '''''Birds of a Feather''''') is a 1978 [[comedy film]] co-written and directed by [[Édouard Molinaro]], based on [[Jean Poiret]]'s [[La Cage aux Folles (play)|1973 play]]. It stars [[Ugo Tognazzi]] and [[Michel Serrault]] as a gay couple operating a [[drag (clothing)|drag]] nightclub on the [[French Riviera]], [[Rémi Laurent]] as the former's son, and [[Michel Galabru]] and [[Carmen Scarpitta]] as his new fiancée's [[ultraconservative]] parents. The French-language picture was a French-Italian co-production by [[United Artists]].{{Cite web|title=La Cage aux folles (1978)|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6df51541|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217060630/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6df51541|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 February 2018|access-date=2021-09-01|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]}} The film was released in Italy on 20 October 1978 and in France on 25 October. A considerable commercial success in Europe, it also became one of the highest-grossing foreign-language films released in the United States. It won the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film]] and was nominated for three [[Academy Awards|Oscars]]: [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] (Molinaro), [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]], and [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]].{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077288/awards/ |title=La Cage aux Folles (1978) - Awards |access-date=2025-07-19 |via=www.imdb.com}} Michel Serrault won the [[César Award for Best Actor]].{{Cite web |title=Michel Serrault - Awards |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0785664/awards/ |access-date=2025-07-19 |website=IMDb}} It was followed by two sequels. The 1983 [[La Cage aux Folles (musical)|musical]] and the 1996 American film ''[[The Birdcage]]'' were adapted from the same source material. The film was released in Italy on 20 October 1978 and in France on 25 October. A considerable commercial success in Europe, it also became one of the highest-grossing foreign-language films released in the United States. It won the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film]] and was nominated for three [[Academy Awards|Oscars]]: [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] (Molinaro), [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]], and [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]].{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077288/awards/ |title=La Cage aux Folles (1978) - Awards |access-date=2025-07-19 |via=www.imdb.com}} Michel Serrault won the [[César Award for Best Actor]] and the [[David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor]].{{Cite web |title=Michel Serrault - Awards |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0785664/awards/ |access-date=2025-07-19 |website=IMDb}} It was followed by two sequels. The 1983 [[La Cage aux Folles (musical)|musical]] and the 1996 American film ''[[The Birdcage]]'' were adapted from the same source material. ==Plot== ==Plot==