French Cancan is a 1954 film French musical film written and directed by Jean Renoir and starring Jean Gabin and María Félix.

Plot

Set in 1890s Paris, Henri Danglard is the owner of a cafe, which features his mistress, Lola, as a belly dancer. Losing money, Henri finds himself in Montmartre and finds that the old-fashioned can-can is still being performed there. Inspired, Henri comes up with a new business scheme that aims to revive the can-can, featuring a new dancer, Nini, a laundress he meets by chance.

Cast

• Jean Gabin as Henri Danglard
• Françoise Arnoul as Nini
• María Félix as Lola
• Philippe Clay as Casimir le Serpentin

External links

• Criterion Collection essay by Andrew Sarris
• Review at channel4.com