French Cancan

About French Cancan

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.

French Cancan is a 1955 comedy music film directed by Jean Renoir. The film is filed under dancer, nightclub owner, cabaret dancer, and moulin rouge.

Jean Gabin stars as Henri Danglard, Françoise Arnoul as Nini, María Félix as Lola, and Anna Amendola as Esther Georges. Released in April 1955, it runs 102 minutes.

The screenplay is by Jean Renoir. In the United States it streams on Criterion Channel.

Moulin Rouge, Burlesque, and Moulin Rouge! make useful companions to French Cancan. TMDB voters put it at 7.2 out of 10 across 113 votes.