French Cancan
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French Cancan | |
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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) | 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.
[edit] Plot
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.
[edit] Cast
- Jean Gabin as Henri Danglard
- Françoise Arnoul as Nini
- María Félix as Lola
- Philippe Clay as Casimir le Serpentin
[edit] External links
- French Cancan at the Internet Movie Database
- French Cancan at Allmovie
- Criterion Collection essay by Andrew Sarris
- Review at channel4.com