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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. 

Funeral Parade Presents 'Cruising'
1980 102mins USA (18) Crime / Thriller
Directed by William Friedkin Starring Al Pacino, Karen Allen, Paul Sorvino

Funeral Parade is proud to present Cruising, William Friedkin’s serial killer thriller about sadism, masochism, and sexual identity. 

There’s a killer on the loose in New York City, and he’s targeting gay men in the West Village. Fortunately for the NYPD, he’s got a type – slim, dark-haired, handsome – and officer Steve Burns (Al Pacino) fits the bill. To crack the case, Steve must journey into the city’s nocturnal underworld of S&M and leather bars, hoping to catch the killer’s eye – but will he lose himself along the way? Controversial with both straight and gay audiences upon its initial release, Friedkin’s film still retains its power to shock and unsettle 45 years later.