French Cancan (1955)
- Directed by
- Jean Renoir
- Genre
- musical film
- Country
- France, Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 107 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A showman in 19th century Paris revives a popular dance hall by recruiting a young laundress to perform the cancan. He builds a new troupe of singers and dancers, navigating rivalries and romances along the way.
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What happens
French Cancan (also known as Only the French Can) is a 1955 musical comedy-drama film written and directed by Jean Renoir and starring Jean Gabin, Francoise Arnoul and María Félix. It marked Renoir's return to France and to French cinema after an exile that began in 1940. Where Renoir's previous film, The Golden Coach (1952), had celebrated the 18th-century Italian commedia dell'arte, this work is a homage to the Parisian café-concert of the 19th century, with its popular singers and dancers. Visually, the film evokes the paintings of Edgar Degas and the Impressionists, including Renoir's own father, Pierre-Auguste Renoir. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Bravissimo (1955)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.