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French Cancan (1955)
Director: Jean Renoir
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Renoir's return to film-making in France after an absence of fifteen years is a nostalgic studio reconstruction of the Paris of his painter father. Despite its artificiality and meandering plot construction - with Renoir falling in love with some of his minor characters - it brilliantly evokes the world of the French Impressionists, building into a comic riot of colour and movement. The story is a backstage musical on the founding of the Moulin Rouge and the training of the famous cancan dancers. The climactic cancan scene is one of the finest dance sequences ever filmed, and worth the price of a ticket on its own.Author: RM
Cast & crew
Director: Jean Renoir
Cast: Jean Gabin, Françoise Arnoul, Maria Félix, Gianni Esposito, Philippe Clay, Michel Piccoli, Edith Piaf, Dora Doll, Patachou full cast
Genre(s): Musicals
Duration: 102 mins
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