French Cancan (1954)

Review: French Cancan (1954)

Director: Jean Renoir

Cast: Jean Gabin, Françoise Arnoul, María Félix, Anna Amendola, Jean-Roger Caussimon,

Jean Gabin
Jean Gabin
Françoise Arnoul
Françoise Arnoul
María Félix
María Félix
Anna Amendola
Anna Amendola
Jean-Roger Caussimon
Jean-Roger Caussimon

Plot: 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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Compulsive Viewing: A Personal Pathology Part 1

Compulsive Viewing: A Personal Pathology Part 1

I usually only have time to write once a week for this blog, and my occasional obligations to Blogcritics (i.e. the free review copies I get through them) have pushed me into the habit of doing reviews more often than more general posts about […]

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