French Cancan
Dec 27 1954
•2h 42m
•Comedy, Drama, Romance, Music
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.
Cast
See allJean Gabin
Henri Danglard
Françoise Arnoul
Nini
María Félix
Lola
Anna Amendola
Esther Georges
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