Philippe Nicaud Movies

Ugo Tognazzi and Michel Serrault go through their well-worn passes in this third sequel to their international hit La Cage aux Folles. In La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding the element of Woman is introduced to the carefree world of the middle-aged gay couple of Renato (Ugo Tognazzi) and Albin (Michel Serrault). In this effort, Albin stands to inherit a large part of his Aunt Emma's money (and a large chunk of Scotland) on the condition that he marry a woman and father a child. Albin doesn't want to satisfy his Aunt Emma's will because he is what he is, but Renato needs the money to save his St. Tropez nightclub. So Albin grudgingly consults marriage broker Stephane Audran and tries to act like a conservative heterosexual. Albin runs the gamut in trying to conform, from considering going to Lourdes, to suicide. When all hope appears to be lost, the gay duo finally latch onto a pregnant girl, Cindy (Antonella Interlenghi), who decides that marrying Albin is a shade better than trying to kill herself. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Just as a man (Aldo Maccione) is enjoying his fantasies of being another "Agent 007" in bed with a voluptuous, intelligent co-spy, the unsuspecting dreamer is mistaken for a real spy and shipped off to Tunisia where he has to carry out a true-life mission. Unfortunately, the real spy is a flamboyant homosexual (Aldo Maccione again) and the confusion between the two characters adds up to some slapstick moments in this 007 spoof. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

Dany (Samantha Eggar) is the ad agency secretary to Caldwell (Oliver Reed) in this psychological crime drama. She is asked to drive him to the airport and park the car in the lot after working at his home the night before. Getting in the wrong lane, she decides to use the car for a weekend getaway and return in time to collect Caldwell upon his return. Soon she is recognized in places she has never been before. She picks up a hippie (John McEnery) and makes love to him only to find he has stolen the car in the morning. Dany finds the car and the hippie, but there is now a dead body in the back seat. She finds where the dead man lived and takes the body to the house. Dany finds erotic nude photos of herself in the strange man's apartment even though the two had never met. She begins to suspect that her boss and his sluttish wife Anita (Stephane Audran) are setting her up to take the fall for the man's murder. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide

In this crime drama, a nightclub singer discovers that she is being pursued by the police, an insurance agency, and the mob as she endeavors to resume her profession after being released from prison. All of them are after information concerning the whereabouts of her former lover. It is the mob that sends a handsome fellow to win her heart and glean information. Unfortunately for them, he really does fall in love with her and decides to go straight. In the end, the hapless chanteuse is poisoned by the man's former boss. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Bernard Blier plays a gendarme and Philipe Nicaud co-stars as Blier's bartender buddy in En Legitime Defense. When Nicaud murders a gangster in self-defense, he runs off in a blind panic. Blier endeavors to convince Nicaud to turn himself over to the authorities, and at the same time struggles to save his pal from mob retaliation. Like many French crime melodramas of the late 1950s, En Legitime Defense is heavily influenced by Hollywood's film noir genre of the 1940s. The film was atmospherically lensed on location in the less-than-fashionable Pigalle district. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Two well-known actors (Martine Carol and Vittorio De Sica) star in this standard melodrama by Alberto Cavalcanti about two people out for adventure and money in Venice. As they pursue the goals they think they want, they discover a blossoming of romantic love. Next, they have to choose between continuing their life on the edge, or a less-financially comfortable life safely together. Their decision, in the end, seems like a foregone conclusion. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

Ce Soir les Jupons Volent (Tonight the Skirts Fly) was designed primarily to show off a new wide-screen process called Dyaliscope. The story concerns a trio of clothing models, all of whom participate in a high-profile fashion show. In flashback, the lives of the three girls are detailed, with emphasis on romantic entanglements. Director Dmitri Kirsanoff knows what his audience wants: a goodly portion of the film is given over to backstage glimpses of barely dressed damsels, not to mention the climactic runway display of revealing Gallic gowns. Whether or not the three leading ladies in Ce Soir les Jupons Volent could act was hardly taken into consideration. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide