Paris does strange things, a period fantasy swept along in a prodigious movement. French cancan also known as only the french can is a 1955 frenchitalian musical film written and directed by jean renoir and starring jean gabin and francoise arnoul. French cancan ass e franseischitalieenesche film vum jean renoir aus dem joer 1954. Jean renoir 18941979, one of the old masters of the french cinema he was film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and author in one did french cancan in 1955. French cancan alternative introduction renoirs first french film since before the war also entailed a return to the findesiecle paris of his painter father auguste, hence the story of an impresario reviving the cancan in order to attract customers to the moulin rouge. Struggling impresario jean gabin has the bright idea of reviving the cancan and winds up creating the moulin rouge in jean renoirs expansive and vivacious backstage musical. Obviously shot on a sound stage with matte paintings providing the film s exterior backdrop, the film is set up to be intentionally.
Orson welles, a giant who made one great film after another, had all of them overshadowed by citizen kane throughout his career and beyond. But the sets dont feel fake as much as they are extrareal. This celebration of life, art and the city of light with a. French cancan 1955 jean renoir, like many great directors, had a career filled with masterpieces overshadowed by one movie. 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. Clearly having picked up a trick or two about musicals during his years in hollywood, renoir fills the screen with glorious pastels, kicks the energy level up several notches, and never lets more than a few minutes go by without some form of dance making its. This 1955 technicolor musical is the easiest to like of jean renoirs late films, full of.
Miscellaneous notes and facts about french cancan, 1955, directed by jean renoir, with jean gabin, francoise arnoul, maria felix. With each passing film i see from jean renoir my conviction becomes more unshakable that the guy made only two great films grand illusionrules of the game and a whole slew of mediocrities, including this one. Feb 28, 20 this feature is not available right now. French cancan refers to a daring dance, one that struggling cafe owner jean hopes of utilising in order to turn his establishment into the moulin rouge. Henri danglard, proprietar al unei moderne cafenele le paravent chinois, din pacate insa aflata in pragul falimentului, ajunge impreuna cu prietena lui. Although most of his great films were made in the 1930s, in the 1950s he returned to france to make a remarkable trilogy which were all in technicolor and all musical comedies. Regarder french cancan film streaming vf film complet en. Jean renoirs 1955 film french cancan is a backstage musical that depicts the events that lead to the opening of the world famous moulin rouge music hall. Nineteenthcentury paris comes vibrantly alive in jean renoirs exhilarating tale of the opening of the worldrenowned moulin rouge.
Its a chaotic sight, but one full of splendour and excitement. French cancan 1955 trailer in cinemas 5 august 2011. French cancan also known as only the french can is a 1955 french italian musical film written and directed by jean renoir and starring jean gabin and francoise arnoul. Assumption of intention in renoirs french cancan 1955 by janos sitar. 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 thenoldfashioned. The golden coach 1955, named by andrew sarris as the greatest film ever made. The film consciously calls on french impressionism. Print courtesy of the institut francais via the cultural services of the french embassy in new york. With jean gabin, francoise arnoul, maria felix, anna amendola. In perhaps the film s most remarkable sequence, the climax that lasts as many as twenty minutes of sustained, infectious energy, we see arnoul and other dance extras revive and perform the french cancan in front of hundreds of people. This 1955 technicolor musical is the easiest to like of jean renoirs late films, full of color.
As a period piece, french cancan is not so much about vividly recreating a long lost time, but a rekindling of the past of french lowbrow entertainment and its bourgeois simplicity and playful crassness. Clearly having picked up a trick or two about musicals during his years in hollywood, renoir fills the screen with glorious pastels, kicks the energy level up several notches, and never lets more than a few minutes go by without some form of dance making its presence felt. French cancan is a film directed by jean renoir with jean gabin, maria felix, francoise arnoul, jeanroger caussimon, year. For a start, the proceedings take place in a brightly lit salle, not mysterious nightclub darkness. French cancan extrait avec patachouandre claveaujean. French cancan 1955 trailer english subtitles youtube.
Most frames provide branching paths of attention, and we make early, clumsy choices, skewing us from clever details, and off early by degrees we can pass by mileswith only a vague memory of vertigolifesize fireworks, whole lifedefining moments. May 31, 2012 although most of his great films were made in the 1930s, in the 1950s he returned to france to make a remarkable trilogy which were all in technicolor and all musical comedies. French cancan 1955 jean renoir cast and crew allmovie. In later decades, the critics around the world hailed the magnitude of jean renoirs achievement in employing and exalting the cancan as a metaphor for all artistic endeavors. The 19thcentury paris of jean renoirs remarkable 1955 film french cancan is a distillation of the paris that exists within the genre of the screen musical. Find movie and film cast and crew information for french cancan 1955 jean renoir on allmovie. The cool, contained demeanor of gabin contrasts beautifully with the mindblowing vitality of the. This 1955 technicolor musical is the easiest to like of jean renoirs late films, full of color, movement, and. For a start, the proceedings take place in a brightly lit salle, not mysterious. Its a fantasy world in which laundry girls are propelled to stardom, absinthe is taken at sidewalk cafes, gentlemen live in hotels, and foreign princes slum alongside chorines in the. French cancan is an interesting blend of artifice and the real. It tells the story of a music hall entrepreneur, played by jean gabin, with francoise arnoul as the main female lead.
Inspired by the life of noted french general georges boulanger, this film was intended as a musicstudded romantic drama but transformed at the last minute into a frothy bedroom farce. Jean renoirs 1955 film, now on rerelease, shows a palette and compositional sense that appear to be influenced by his father the world of the moulin rouge and the cancan conjured up in jean renoirs 1955 film, now on rerelease, is very different from baz luhrmanns wacky 2001 entertainment. A duet with french cancan 1955 by jodi ramer, adam rosadiuk. Jean gabin plays the wily impresario danglard, who makes the cancan all the rage while juggling the love of two beautiful womenan egyptian bellydancer and a naive working girl turned cancan star. Subsequently, he made french cancan 1955, a fabulous evocation of the montmartre of the 19th century, and elena et les hommes 1956. Jean renoirs first french film in 15 years, french cancan is a charming, candycolored musicalcomedy bonbon. Francoise arnoul in french cancan 1955 french cancan 1955 francoise arnoul and jean gabin in. However, the film should not be taken as a strict attempt to depict the historical circumstances that caused the moulin rouge to open, but rather as a film.
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