French Cancan

French Cancan

7.2IMDb Score
Released:1955-04-09
Duration:102 min
Country:France,Italy
Director:Jean Renoir
Actors:Jean Gabin, Françoise Arnoul, María Félix, Anna Amendola, Jean-Roger Caussimon
Production:Jolly Film, Franco London Films

Overview:

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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