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French Cancan

Cast

Jean Gabin, Francoise Arnoul, María Félix, Anna Amendola View All


Crew

Jean Renoir (Director), Jean Renoir (Writer) View All

Release: Dec. 27th, 1954
Runtime: 1 hour, 42 minutes
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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Takoma11
There's a scene later when Henri gives Nini a big speech about exactly why he doesn't care about her as a person, and while it's supposed to be this neat expression of the pure love of art/theater, it seems to ignore the fact that he knew full well the effect he was having on Nini and many other peo....


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