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French Cancan

French Cancan

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 27, 1955

Runtime

1h 42m

Genres

Comedy, Drama, Romance, Music

User Score

71%

Original Title

French Cancan

Production Companies

Jolly Film, Franco London Films

Director

Jean Renoir

Description

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.