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Actors: Jean Gabin, Françoise Arnoul, María Félix, Jean-Roger Caussimon, Dora Doll, Michel Piccoli
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about French Cancan |
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Written and directed by Jean Renoir in 1954. Henri Danglard is a theater producer who owns the "Paravent Chinois", a Café which is going bankrupt. Danglard is always in search of new talents for his show and, one day, he notices Nini, a young girl dancing the cancan, an obsolete dance, in a local dance hall. Danglard has then the idea to give a new life to this dance, by renaming it, the "French Cancan". The "Paravent Chinois" is sold and Danglard purchases an old dance hall. With the help of money people, he does it up and renames it the "Moulin-Rouge".
Danglard also goes straight to the washerwoman Nini, becomes her lover in spite of the jealousy of Lola of Castro, his appointed mistress. He hires, at the side of Nini, about thirty girls, and forces them to learn to dance the cancan. When Danglard's financial backing abruptly stops, a wealthy stranger noble, madly in love with Nini, buys the Moulin Rouge still under construction. Nini must also deal with her boy friend, Paulo the Baker, who threatens to leave her if she dances at the Moulin-Rouge. At last, the great day arrives, the spectacle has a tremendous success and Nini becomes a star.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of French Cancan |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 19th century
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- love triangle/polygon
Getting ahead in:
- entertainment world
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- dancer
Training/apprentice story
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- emotionally unstable
Hair color?
- white
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) muscular
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- red
Hair style
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- (woman) average
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- prostitute/concubine
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (woman) long wavey
Body type
- (woman) ample chest and buttocks
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinic
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- Paris
Misc setting
- theater
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of singing and dancing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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