{"id":82341,"date":"2022-03-21T20:11:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T03:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=82341"},"modified":"2023-09-03T10:40:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T17:40:49","slug":"french-cancan-1955","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=82341","title":{"rendered":"French Cancan (1955)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Yes, it&#8217;s true. I&#8217;m his mistress and I&#8217;m proud of it.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Poster-218x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-82350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Poster-218x300.png 218w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Poster-93x128.png 93w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Poster-197x270.png 197w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Poster.png 452w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA nightclub manager (Jean Gabin) hires a talented young laundry worker (Fran\u00e7oise Arnoul) to dance the cancan in his new facility &#8212; but Arnoul&#8217;s boyfriend (Franco Pastorino) is upset when she falls for Gabin, and a wealthy prince (Giani Esposito) is equally disappointed that Arnoul won&#8217;t accept his offer of marriage.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dancers<\/li>\n<li>French Films<\/li>\n<li>Historical Drama<\/li>\n<li>Jean Gabin Films<\/li>\n<li>Jean Renoir Films<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Musicals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nOne of Jean Renoir&#8217;s three post-Hollywood musical comedies &#8212; after <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=73709\"><em>The Golden Coach<\/em> (1952)<\/a> and before <em>Elena and Her Men<\/em> (1956) [not listed in <em>GFTFF<\/em>] &#8212; was this vibrant fictional homage to the founding of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moulin_Rouge\">Moulin Rouge<\/a> nightclub in Paris. It&#8217;s pure fantasy all the way, filmed entirely on sets: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Laundry.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Laundry.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Laundry.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Laundry-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Laundry-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Laundry-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and with a featherweight storyline designed simply to showcase that love of the stage tends to triumph over all other considerations (even the promise of wealth and royalty). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Romance.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Romance.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Romance.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Romance-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Romance-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Romance-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gabin strolls leisurely through his role as an aging but still desirable impresario: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Gabin2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Gabin2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Gabin2.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Gabin2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Gabin2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Gabin2-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; but it&#8217;s the dancing one really keeps an eye out for, and to that end the film opens and closes with plenty of spectacle. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Waltz.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Waltz.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Waltz.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Waltz-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Waltz-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Waltz-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Cancan.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Cancan.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Cancan.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Cancan-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Cancan-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Cancan-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fans of such fare will surely enjoy this, but it&#8217;s not must-see viewing. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fine period sets and Technicolor cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Cafe-Table.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Cafe-Table.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Cafe-Table.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Cafe-Table-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Cafe-Table-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Cafe-Table-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Moulin-Rouge.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Moulin-Rouge.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Moulin-Rouge.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Moulin-Rouge-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Moulin-Rouge-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/French-Cancan-Moulin-Rouge-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though of course Renoir fans will want to check it out. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0046998\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/75645\/french-cancan#articles-reviews?articleId=1076314\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2011\/aug\/07\/french-cancan-jean-renoir-review\">The Guardian Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Yes, it&#8217;s true. I&#8217;m his mistress and I&#8217;m proud of it.&#8221; Synopsis: A nightclub manager (Jean Gabin) hires a talented young laundry worker (Fran\u00e7oise Arnoul) to dance the cancan in his new facility &#8212; but Arnoul&#8217;s boyfriend (Franco Pastorino) is upset when she falls for Gabin, and a wealthy prince (Giani Esposito) is equally disappointed that Arnoul won&#8217;t accept his offer of marriage. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Dancers French Films Historical Drama Jean Gabin Films Jean Renoir Films Love&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=82341\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82341"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91080,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82341\/revisions\/91080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}