French Cancan

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French Cancan
Directed by Jean Renoir
Produced by Louis Wipf
Written by Jean Renoir
André-Paul Antoine
Music by Georges Van Parys
Cinematography Michel Kelber
Editing by Borys Lewin
Distributed by Gaumont Film Company
Criterion Collection
Release date(s) Flag of France April 27, 1954
Running time 102 min.
Country France
Language French
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French Cancan is a 1954 film French musical film written and directed by Jean Renoir and starring Jean Gabin and María Félix.

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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 finds that the old-fashioned can-can is still being performed there. Inspired, Henri comes up with a new business scheme that aims to revive the can-can, featuring a new dancer, Nini, a laundress he meets by chance.

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