French Cancan
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France, Italy · 1955
1h 42m
Director Jean Renoir
Starring Jean Gabin, Françoise Arnoul, María Félix, Anna Amendola
Genre Romance, Comedy, Drama
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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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