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Aro Recommended French Can Can

 

aka: French Cancan, Only the French Can
France 1955, 102 minutes
Dir. Jean Renoir
In French with English subtitles
Rating: [M]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Drama, Comedy / Performing Arts

Topics: Period - 1800s.

Feat. Jean Gabin, Michel Piccoli, Dora Doll, Maria Felix

 

Aroview: Jean Renoir returned to France after 15 years absence to make this vibrant tribute to the Parisian world of his father, the Impressionist painter August Renoir.

Storywise, it veers between entertaining backstage scenes at the Moulin Rouge (concerning the invention of the ‘can can’ dance) and some trivial romantic subplots. Essential for the wildly colourful dance sequence that climaxes the film.

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Audio commentary by Anna Dzenis, Lecturer in Cinema Studies, La Trobe University and Rick Thompson, Senior Lecturer in Cinema Studies, La Trobe University

  • audio commentary
 

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