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French Cancan

1955 · 102 min

A warm, bustling backstage whirl of colour and music, light on its feet yet tinged with bittersweet romance.

Overview
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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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • art
  • love
  • obsession
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour5
Realism7
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness2
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama, romance, music
Directed by
Jean Renoir
Written by
Jean Renoir
Starring
Jean Gabin, Françoise Arnoul, María Félix, Anna Amendola, Jean-Roger Caussimon, Dora Doll, Giani Esposito, Gaston Gabaroche
Music
Georges Van Parys
Cinematography
Michel Kelber
Runtime
102 min
Country
France, Italy
Languages
French

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