French Cancan

French Cancan

1955 · 102 min · FR · 7.2 (78 votes)
Dir. Jean Renoir · Starring Jean Gabin, Françoise Arnoul, María Félix, Anna Amendola, Jean-Roger Caussimon, Dora Doll · Music Georges Van Parys
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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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A dazzling, boisterous spectacle of Parisian nightlife and artistic ambition. It's a vibrant, slightly scandalous celebration of performance, love, and the birth of a legend, bursting with color and song.

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