When Armand’s son Val, the product of Armand’s one-night stand with Katherine, announces he is going to marry his girlfriend Barbara, a hilarious comedy of errors begins. Albert is the club’s star attraction, Starina. The Birdcage (1996) is a hysterically funny American movie based on the French play and film, “La Cage aux Folles.” Armand and Albert Coleman (Robin Williams and Nathan Lane) Are a gay couple who live above the drag club Armand owns, suitably called The Birdcage.