French Cancan
Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
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1955
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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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Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
102 min
Release date:
9 Apr 1955
Country:
FR, IT
Languages:
French
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
N/A
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
M. Renoir's affectionate picture hasn't quite the class of Huston's Moulin Rouge. But it makes for diverting entertainment as sheer sentimental spectacle.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
25 Mar 2006
fresh:
This 1955 Technicolor musical is the easiest to like of Jean Renoir's late films, full of color, movement, and romance.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
7 May 2003
fresh:
The climactic cancan scene is one of the finest dance sequences ever filmed, and worth the price of a ticket on its own.
– ,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006