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) | 27 April 1954 |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | ‹See Tfd› France ‹See Tfd› Italy |
| Language | French |
French Cancan is a 1954 French musical film written and directed by Jean Renoir and starring Jean Gabin and María Félix.
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[edit] Plot
The film is 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 seeing a pretty girl (Nini) at a dance hall there, has an idea: to revive an out of fashion dance, the cancan. He sells his theater to pay for debts and, receiving backing from a patron, essentially in exchange for Lola, purchases a property that will become the Moulin Rouge. Meanwhile, he hires Nini away from her mother and her mother's laundry business.
[edit] Cast
- Jean Gabin as Henri Danglard
- Françoise Arnoul as Nini
- María Félix as Lola
- Philippe Clay as Casimir le Serpentin
- Édith Piaf as Eugénie Buffet[1][2]
[edit] References
- ^ Robertson Wojcik, Pamela (2001). Soundtrack available: essays on film and popular music, Duke University Press. p. 137. ISBN 0-8223-2800-3
- ^ Crosland, Margaret (2002). A cry from the heart: the life of Edith Piaf, Arcadia. ISBN 1-900850-50-8
[edit] External links
- French Cancan at the Internet Movie Database
- French Cancan at AllRovi
- Criterion Collection essay by Andrew Sarris
- Review at channel4.com
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