Renato Baldi is the owner of a Saint-Tropez drag nightclub. His lover Albin Mougeotte is the highly-emotional star performer. Renato's son Laurent invites his fiancée Andrea and her conservative political parents home for dinner. She had lied to her parents about Laurent's parents. It doesn't help that her judgemental parents are facing a political scandal themselves. Renato and Albin have to fake it to make it.
I watched the American remake first and didn't like it. I've never found flamboyant gayness automatically funny. There is still that in this movie, but I like this gay couple. They feel very human to me. When Albin does old matron, it's actually funny. It's not the cross-dressing. It's the old that's funny. There is so much more darker materials being tackled and mocked. I like this more than the American version.
I watched the American remake first and didn't like it. I've never found flamboyant gayness automatically funny. There is still that in this movie, but I like this gay couple. They feel very human to me. When Albin does old matron, it's actually funny. It's not the cross-dressing. It's the old that's funny. There is so much more darker materials being tackled and mocked. I like this more than the American version.