French Cancan

Apr 16 1956 Not Rated 1h 42m
Comedy, Drama, Musical

Nineteenth-century Paris comes vibrantly alive in Jean Renoir’s exhilarating tale of the opening of the world-renowned Moulin Rouge. Jean Gabin plays the wily impresario Danglard, who makes the cancan all the rage while juggling the love of two beautiful women—an Egyptian belly-dancer and a naive working girl turned cancan star.

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Plot

Henri Danglard, proprietor of the fashionable (but bankrupt) cafe 'Le Paravent Chinois' featuring his mistress, belly-dancer Lola, goes slumming in Montmarte, circa 1890, where the then-old-fashioned cancan is still danced. There he conceives the idea of reviving the cancan as the feature of a new, more popular establishment...and meets Nini, a laundress and natural dancer whom he hopes will be the star of his new show. But a tangled maze of jealousies intervenes.

Written by

Jean Renoir, André-Paul Antoine

Directed by

Jean Renoir

Cast

Jean Gabin, Françoise Arnoul, María Félix

Crew

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Production Countries

France, Italy

Production Companies

Franco London Films, Jolly Film

Languages

Français

Awards

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Trailers
French Cancan (1955) Trailer - In Cinemas 5 August 2011
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