- French Cancan
Infobox Film
name = French Cancan
caption =
director =Jean Renoir
producer =Louis Wipf
writer =Jean Renoir André-Paul Antoine
narrator =
starring =
music =Georges Van Parys
cinematography =Michel Kelber
editing =Borys Lewin
distributor =Gaumont Film Company Criterion Collection
released = flagicon|FranceApril 27 ,1954
runtime = 102 min.
country = France
language = French
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id = 1:18615
imdb_id = 0046998"French Cancan" is a 1954 film French
musical film written and directed byJean Renoir and starringJean Gabin andMaría Félix .Plot
Set in 1890s
Paris , Henri Danglard is the owner of a cafe, which features his mistress, Lola, as abelly dance r. Losing money, Henri finds himself inMontmartre and finds that the old-fashionedcan-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.Cast
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Jean Gabin as Henri Danglard
*Françoise Arnoul as Nini
*María Félix as Lola
*Philippe Clay as Casimir le SerpentinExternal links
*imdb title|id=0046998|title=French Cancan
*amg title|id=1:18615|title=French Cancan
* [http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=243&eid=366§ion=essay Criterion Collection essay by Andrew Sarris]
* [http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/film.jsp?id=103606 Review at channel4.com]
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