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French Cancan

1955 · 1h 42m · NOT RATED Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by Jean Renoir

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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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M. Renoir's affectionate picture hasn't quite the class of Huston's Moulin Rouge. But it makes for diverting entertainment as sheer sentimental spectacle.

Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Fresh

This 1955 Technicolor musical is the easiest to like of Jean Renoir's late films, full of color, movement, and romance.

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh

The climactic cancan scene is one of the finest dance sequences ever filmed, and worth the price of a ticket on its own.

Time Out

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