The Prince Charles Cinema

Funeral Parade presents "La Cage aux Folles"

  • 1978
  • 92mins
  • France, Italy
  • (15)
  • Comedy
Directed by Édouard Molinaro Starring Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Claire Maurier

Funeral Parade is proud to present La Cage Aux Folles, Édouard Molinaro’s flamboyant farce about drag, dinner parties, and family, found or otherwise.

Prim and prissy Albin is the star attraction at La Cage Aux Folles, a popular drag nightclub on the French Riviera, while his comparatively macho boyfriend Renato is the club’s owner. Together they live in domestic (almost) bliss, a status quo which is threatened when Renato’s son Laurent brings his charming fiancée Andrea to visit – along with her ultra-conservative parents! Based on the 1973 play which would later be adapted into both a hit Broadway musical and a Hollywood remake, this first film version was a watershed moment in on-screen LGBT representation and remains a riotously funny social satire. 

Tuesday 9th September