French Cancan

1955

Directed by

Jean Renoir

Starring

Jean Gabin, Françoise Arnoul, María Félix

Runtime

1h 42m

Country

USA

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.