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Release Date: 1955

Cast: Anna Amendola, María Félix, Gaston Gabaroche, Jean Parédès, Jean Gabin, Jean-Roger Caussimon, Jacques Jouanneau, Giani Esposito, Françoise Arnoul, Dora Doll

Categories: Movies, World cinema, Comedy of manners, Comedy-drama, Musical comedy, Comedy, Musical, Romantic drama, Romance Film

French Cancan is a 1954 French musical film written and directed by Jean Renoir and starring Jean Gabin and María Félix. The film is set in 1890s Paris. Henri Danglard is the owner of a cafe, which features his mistress, Lola, as a belly dancer. Losing money, Henri finds himself in Montmartre and seeing a pretty girl (Nini) at a dance hall there, has an idea: to revive an out of fashion dance, the cancan. He sells his theater to pay for debts and, receiving backing from a patron, essentially in exchange for Lola, purchases a property that will become the Moulin Rouge. Meanwhile, he hires... MORE

French Cancan is a 1954 French musical film written and directed by Jean Renoir and starring Jean Gabin and María Félix. The film is set in 1890s Paris. Henri Danglard is the owner of a cafe, which features his mistress, Lola, as a belly dancer. Losing money, Henri finds himself in Montmartre and seeing a pretty girl (Nini) at a dance hall there, has an idea: to revive an out of fashion dance, the cancan. He sells his theater to pay for debts and, receiving backing from a patron, essentially in exchange for Lola, purchases a property that will become the Moulin Rouge. Meanwhile, he hires Nini away from her mother and her mother's laundry business. LESS