French Cancan (1955)




French Cancan

Françoise Arnoul - French Cancan




This comedy drama from Jean Renoir chronicles the revival of Paris' most notorious dance as it tells the story of a theater producer who turns a humble washerwoman into a star at the Moulin Rouge.


Books with substantial mentioning of French Cancan

David Thomson
Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films
New York, 2008

Articles on French Cancan

David Thompson, Paris by night, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 9 (September), 2011 pp. 32-33