On stage, surrounded by the audience, Jacques ROULAND interviews Michel SERRAULT and Jean POIRET about their play "la cage aux folles". They respond by playing their characters in the room. Presence of Sheila WHITE on the set.
Interview of Michel SERRAULT who talks about the necessary complicity between the actors to play well: "what matters is to play the comedy with the people we love..." / "It is necessary to have a common spirit... to speak in the same style, to find the same tone..." He evokes his complicity with Jean POIRET: "what we do with Jean is a bit unique, because we breathe in the same way. We don’t improvise what we do ... it’s a common life, a kind of blood mixed in comedy ... there’s a kind of mystery, but I think that’s very rare to get..."
Pierre Tchernia compare en voix off les appartements et modes de vie de Jean Poiret et de Michel Serrault : sur l'écran, divisé en deux, on voit d'un coté l'appartement de Jean Poiret avec Françoise Dorin, sa femme et Sylvie Poiret, sa fille âgée de trois ans et de l'autre l'appartement de Michel Serrault, avec sa femme Nita Saint Peyron et ses filles Caroline et Nathalie Serrault (5 ans et 3 mois).
Jean POIRET describes the origin of the play "Cage aux folles", which he wrote inspired by the play "L'escalier" by Charles Dyer. He also explains that Michel Serrault hesitated for a long time before accepting this role.
Interview with Jean POIRET by Noël MAMERE and France ROCHE about his film "Inspecteur Lavardin" by Claude Chabrol. The actor explains that he has always wanted to play a "cop" role at the Sherlock Holmes.
Visiting the Vinexpo show, Jean POIRET explains to appreciate above all the wines of Bordeaux "it is my life, it is my joy, when I am reached a little by the depression, I take Bordeaux".
At the beginning of an interview by Pierre Tchernia, Jean POIRET and Michel SERRAULT perform part of their sketch "Stéphane Brinville, prix littéraire"
Excerpt from the play by Jean POIRET, directed by Pierre Mondy, "La cage aux folles": scene called de la biscotte between Jean POIRET and Michel SERRAULT