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… |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 7.5/10 | |
Released: | April 16, 1956 | |
Runtime: | 102 min | |
Genres: | Drama Comedy Musical | |
Companies: | Criterion Collection Jolly Film Franco London Films | |
Cast: | Jean Gabin Françoise Arnoul María Félix Anna Amendola | |
Crew: | Jean Renoir André-Paul Antoine | |
expresso : Great ending to the episode! Mark Rylance is so good in this.