FRENCH CANCAN
by Jean Renoir
synopsis
Henri Danglard, proprietor of the fashionable (but bankrupt) cafe 'Le Paravent Chinois' featuring his mistress, belly dancer Lola, goes slumming in Montmarte (circa 1890) where the then-old-fashioned cancan is still danced. There, he conceives the idea of reviving the cancan as the feature of a new, more popular establishment...and meets Nini, a laundress and natural dancer, whom he hopes to star in his new show. But a tangled maze of jealousies intervenes...
original title: | French Cancan |
country: | France, Italy |
year: | 1955 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Jean Renoir |
film run: | 102' |
release date: | DE 09/04/1955, FR 27/04/1955, NL 02/09/1955, IT 22/09/1955, BE 30/09/1955, SE 10/10/1955, DK 14/10/1955, UK 1955, FI 24/02/1956, PT 03/04/1956, ES 21/04/1957, DD 26/12/1961, HU 07/03/1968, SU 24/04/1989 |
screenplay: | Jean Renoir |
cast: | Jean Gabin, Françoise Arnoul, María Félix |
cinematography by: | Michel Kelber |
film editing: | Borys Lewin |
art director: | Max Douy |
costumes designer: | Rosine Delamare |
producer: | Louis Wipf |