Christine Carere

The good news is they'll inherit a fortune if they marry. The bad news is they have 18 months to have a baby! The world's favorite odd couple-shrill, sentimental drag queen Albin (Michel Serrault) and his long-suffering mate Renato (Ugo Tognazzi) - are back in this outrageous French farce. In their latest romp, the boys' financially-troubled St. Tropez transvestite cabaret, La Cage, can be saved only if Albin rises to the conditions of a relative's bequest. The will stipulates he must marry and father a son - or else the vast estate will pass to his virile, greedy young cousin. There's inspired lunacy as flamboyant Albin contemplates a fate worse than death - will he be condemned to abandon his ladylike ways once and for all?

In this third and final chapter of the popular 'La Cage Aux Folles' series, consummate drag queen Albin finds that he is in line to inherit a vast fortune from a distant relative. There's only one catch: he must marry and produce an heir within one year! Naturally, this comes as quite a shock to Albin and, especially, to his long-time lover, Renato.

In this third and final chapter of the popular "La Cage Aux Folles" series, consummate drag queen Albin finds that he is in line to inherit a vast fortune from a distant relative. There's only one catch: he must marry and produce an heir within one year! Naturally, this comes as quite a shock to Albin and, especially, to his long-time lover, Renato.

In this video, based on footage from a fully improvised performance at New York's Nada theater on Mardi Gras, 2000, two speaking actors and one silent drag queen meditate on the masks that hide and reveal our inner selves. The video takes us on a journey into an inner landscape, which includes a dangerous French handbag with a hasp that sprouts blades, a visit to a mystical peepshow, and an evil queen who curses the New York City recycling program. Multiple layers of overlaid animated imagery and text help the viewer to make sense of the complex soundtrack, which consists of two simultaneous monologues plus music, by bringing out the emotional and musical threads which run through the piece, while highlighting key phrases of text.