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La Cage;
a farcical
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comic fluff
By David Baker
Gamocuck Film Clitic
Although my review of
Halloween was published (inadvertently)
two weeks before the
movie came to town last year, I try
not to review movies that are not
available for local people to see.
I'm bending that rule, however, for
Edou.'ird MnlinarnV In Crtuo Anv
Folios, a French boulevard farce
that very quietly has become the
most successful foreign-language
film ever to play in the U.S.
It has grossed well over $1
million at a single theatre in NewYork
(where it still is playing) and
it has been nominated for three of
this year's Academy Awards (Best
Director, Best Costume Design
and Best Screenplay Based on
Material from Another Medium).
The picture deals with the lives
Of t U'fl hnmnunviin 1 1 nifnrc
(Michel Serrault) and Ilenato
(Ugo Tognazzi). The former is a
female impersonator who is the
major attraction at the club owned
and operated by the latter. The
name of the club is Ija Cage Aux
Folles.
After a brief introduction to the
characters, we are introduced to
the movie's main nlnt* Rfinato's
son from a former marriage has
announced his engagement to the
daughter of one of St. Tropez' most r
respected families. The father, an
ultra-conservative politician,
insists on meeting his daughter's
future in-laws.
Thus, Zaza's and Renato's
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(so as to remove their collection of
gay erotica), their transvestite
maid must start wearing a butler's
uniform, and Zaza must transform
himself into a staunch, fifty-ish
matron.
When the exalted guests arrive,
however, things predictably, but
hilariously, fall apart.
Unlike so many of - today's
American comedies, La Cage Aux
Folles does not have a serious idea
in its head, nor does it pretend to. It
Icxisis oniy to make people laugn
and toward that aim, it's the
biggest success this side of Blake
Edwards' Pink Panther movies.
United Artists is planning to
I make an English-language version
of the film (reputedly with Jack
Lemmon in one of the leading
roles) and Molinaro is currently
working on a sequel, to be released
later this year. H
au/t) and Renato Ba/di (Ugo Tognaz
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