Merci Zaza - La folle histoire de la Cage aux Folles(2023)

🎬110 min
📅2023-05-30
🎭Documentary, History
9.5/10

Overview

A look back at "La Cage aux Folles", which ran non-stop for five years, from February 1973, on the stage of the Théâtre du Palais Royal in Paris. At a time when homosexuality was considered a crime by the law, Poiret and Serrault achieved great success in boulevard theater. Their success continued on the silver screen, with three Oscar nominations and a Broadway musical. Combining never-before-seen archives from the play, extracts from the film, confessions by Poiret and Serrault, and interviews with witnesses, this is the story of a wild epic.

Production

Paris Première, INA

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Cast

Jean Poiret
as Self / Georges (archive footage)
Michel Serrault
as Self / Zaza Napoli / Albin (archive footage)
Frédéric Norbert
as Self
Bernard Murat
as Self
Jacques Nerson
as Self
Alain Burosse
as Self
Jean-Marie Besset
as Self
Michel Fau
as Self / Speakerine