20 Aug

16:45

Eye Filmmuseum

Director: Edouard Molinaro
Year: 1978
Country: France, Italy
Length: 97 min.
Language: French
Subtitles: English

IJpromenade 1, Amsterdam

A gay couple who own a drag club in Saint-Tropez try to hide their flamboyant lifestyle from their son's ultra-conservative future in-laws, with hilarious results.

La cage aux folles

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Renato (Ugo Tognazzi) and Albin (Michel Serrault) are a middle-aged gay couple. Renato owns and Albin is the star at their extravagant drag club in Saint-Tropez. They decide to hide their sexual preferences, flamboyant personalities and loud interior when Renato's son’s ultra-conservative in-laws come to visit. This precipitates a wild, heartwarming and ultimately subversive French farce about the importance of non-conformity and staying true to yourself.

Part of Queer Power

This screening is part of the Queer Power series at Eye. Celebrate freedom, diversity, and inclusion with queer films from a wide range of countries and cultures in the spotlight all summer long.