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The manager of a Saint-Tropez nightclub featuring drag entertainment, and his star attraction, are a gay couple. Madness ensues when his straight son brings home a fiancée and her ultra-conservative parents to meet them. (R, 91 min.)
7:00 PM
This Free Screening is courtesy of PFLAG Springfield/SWMO. PFLAG is an organization of LGBTQ+ people, parents, families, and allies who work together to create an equitable and inclusive world. Since their founding in 1994, PFLAG Springfield/SWMO has worked to make the Ozarks a better place to live, work, and love.
Synopsis: Renato (Ugo Tognazzi) and Albin (Michel Serrault)—a middle-aged gay couple who are the manager and star performer at a glitzy drag club in Saint-Tropez—agree to hide their sexual identities, along with their flamboyant personalities and home decor, when the ultraconservative parents of Renato’s son’s fiancée come for a visit. This elegant comic scenario kicks off a wild and warmhearted French farce about the importance of nonconformity and being true to oneself. A breakout art-house smash in America, Edouard Molinaro’s La Cage aux Folles inspired a major Broadway musical and the blockbuster remake The Birdcage. But with its hilarious performances and ahead-of-its-time social message, there’s nothing like the audacious, dazzling original movie. - Criterion [Park Circus]
Starring: Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Claire Maurier
Director: Edouard Molinaro
Language: French
Genre: Comedy
"A bright, funny, human spot of comedy."
— Michael Bronski, Gay Community News (Boston)
"There were segments in this superb film that engulf one in laughter and ones that evoke tears, and I experienced both."
— Staff, 5th Freedom (Buffalo)
"This adaptation of Jean Poiret's play is as moving as it is hilarious in its depiction of moral hypocrisy and familial love."
— Christopher Machell, CineVue
"The comic turns in the plot are achieved with such clockwork timing that sometimes we're laughing at what's funny and sometimes we're just laughing at the movie's sheer comic invention. This is a great time at the movies."
— Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
