The comedy that comes out of the closet two gay men living in st. But with its hilarious performances and aheadofitstime social message, theres nothing like the audacious, dazzling original movie. They try to conceal their lifestyle and their ownership of the drag club downstairs when the fiancee and her parents come for dinner. Which of the genres below was not part of the four pronged style of the period of 1967 1979. With ugo tognazzi, michel serrault, claire maurier, remi laurent. Tropez, his transvestite lover, and how the owner reacts after his son returns home one day and announces hes going to marry. When the frenchitalian film adaptation of jean poirets play became a big box office hit in the late 70s, it was a conventional farce with a typically gallic twist, the old sonof. The 1983 musical, based on the 1973 french play of the same name by jean poiret. Its about the gay owner of a scandalous nightclub in st.
It opened august 21, 1983 at the palace theatre, where it played for over four years and 1,761. Tropez have their lives turned upside down when the son of one of the men announces he is getting married. But it can get away with this because of the way it is pitched as a farce, unlike, say, outrageous. Music and lyrics by jerry herman, book by harvey fierstein. Cam 4932002 country italy format cd release date 1mar1991 also contains music from. Staring michel serrault, ugo tognazzi, claire maurier and luisa maneri. Zaza michel serrault thinks that he is no longer attractive to renato ugo tognazzi, and to make him jealous sets out to the local caf. In a move to make his partner, renato, jealous, the flamboyant albin waits in a local cafe dressed as a woman hoping to be picked up. Multiple links are listed since a different versions exist and b many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Ein kafig voller narren franzosischer originaltitel. With michel serrault, ugo tognazzi, marcel bozzuffi, michel galabru. Set in st tropez in the 70s, the story follows a crisis in the happy life of gay couple georges and albin, who have been together for 25 years.