

French Cancan
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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- Language
- French
- dancer
- musical
- nightclub owner
- montmartre, paris
- cabaret dancer
- moulin rouge
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United StatesUS
- Theatrical16 Apr 1956
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical30 Sept 1955
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical14 Oct 1955
FranceFR
- PremiereParis27 Apr 1955
- Theatrical3 May 1955
GermanyDE
- Theatrical9 Apr 1955
HungaryHU
- TV11 Aug 1968
ItalyIT
- Theatrical27 Dec 1955
JapanJP
- Theatrical26 Aug 1955
RussiaSU
- Theatrical24 Apr 1989
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French Cancan was released on 9 April 1955.
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CinemaSerf
8/22/2024
This is quite an entertaining story about monsieur "Danglard" (Jean Gabin) who runs a chic little Parisian café but hasn't two sous to rub together. He's ambitious though, a bit of a dreamer, an so when out on a jaunt with belly-dancing mistress "Lola" (Maria Félix) to the city's seedy Montmatre district he sees the original cancan in full flow and decides that there's still a place for that dance in late 19th centur…
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