French Cancan (1955) - Trailer (english subtitles)

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Directed by : Jean Renoir
Produced by : Franco-London Films
Genre: Fiction - Runtime: 1 h 47 min
French release: 29/04/1955
Production year: 1954

Henri Danglard, proprietor of the fashionable (but bankrupt) cafe 'Le Paravent Chinois' featuring his mistress, belly dancer Lola, goes slumming in Montmartre (circa 1890) where the then-old-fashioned cancan is still danced. There, he conceives the idea of reviving the cancan as the feature of a new, more popular establishment...and meets Nini, a laundress and natural dancer, whom he hopes to star in his new show. But a tangled maze of jealousies intervenes...

Source : IMDb

More info: http://en.unifrance.org/movie/1708/french-cancan