The Idea of You
2024 · Music · Comedy
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Film / 1955
French Cancan
Directed by
Jean Renoir
Nineteenth-century Paris comes vibrantly alive in Jean Renoir’s exhilarating tale of the opening of the world-renowned Moulin Rouge. Jean Gabin plays the wily impresario Danglard, who makes the cancan all the rage while juggling the love of two beautiful women—an Egyptian belly-dancer and a naive working girl turned cancan star.
The story
Nineteenth-century Paris comes vibrantly alive in Jean Renoir’s exhilarating tale of the opening of the world-renowned Moulin Rouge. Jean Gabin plays the wily impresario Danglard, who makes the cancan all the rage while juggling the love of two beautiful women—an Egyptian belly-dancer and a naive working girl turned cancan star.
Cast
Jean GabinHenri Danglard
Françoise ArnoulNini
María FélixLola
Anna AmendolaEsther Georges
Jean-Roger CaussimonBaron Walter
Dora DollLa Génisse
Giani EspositoPrince Alexandre
Gaston GabarocheOscar
Jacques JouanneauBidon
Jean ParédèsCoudrier
Franco PastorinoPaulo
Michèle PhilippeEleonore
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Michel PiccoliLe Capitaine Valorgueil
Albert RémyBarjolin
France RocheBeatrix
Jean-Marc TennbergSavate
Valentine TessierMme. Olympe
Philippe ClayCasimir le Serpentin
Édith PiafEugénie Buffet
PatachouYvette Guilbert
Cora VaucaireEsther Georges (voice)
André ClaveauPaul Delmet
Mario JuillardBruno Balpe
Jean RaymondPaulus
Martine AlexisWoman (uncredited)
Claude ArnayDeuxième gommeux (uncredited)
Robert AuboyneauLe liftier (uncredited)
Bruno BalpMan (uncredited)
Maurice BarnayMan (uncredited)
Laurence BatailleLa Pygmée (uncredited)
Claude BerriUn jeune homme à l'inauguration (uncredited)
Dorothée BlanckWoman (uncredited)
Geneviève BujoldWoman (uncredited)
Léo CampionLe commandant (uncredited)
Jaque CatelainLe ministre (uncredited)
René-Jean ChauffardL'inspecteur de police (uncredited)
Jacques CironPremier gommeux (uncredited)
Max DalbanPatron de "La Reine Blanche" (uncredited)
Sylvine DelannoyTitine (uncredited)
Hubert DeschampsIsidore (uncredited)
ValentinoMan (uncredited)
Henri-Roland HercéMan (uncredited)
Jacques HillingLe chirurgien (uncredited)
Corinne JansenWoman (uncredited)
JedlinskaLa Gigolette (uncredited)
Lydia JohnsonMme. Guibolle (uncredited)
François JouxLe secrétaire (uncredited)
Maïa JusanovaWoman (uncredited)
Ursula Vian-KüblerUne danseuse de "La Reine Blanche" (uncredited)
Palmyre LevasseurUne blanchisseuse (uncredited)
Jacques MarinUn spectateur (uncredited)
Paul MerceyUn homme à l'inauguration (uncredited)
Anne-Marie MersenPaquita (uncredited)
Gaston ModotLe valet de Danglard (uncredited)
Pierre MoncorbierL'huissier (uncredited)
Annik MoriceThérèse (uncredited)
Jean MortierLe gérant de l'hôtel (uncredited)
Michèle NadalBigoudi (uncredited)
André NumèsLe voisin (uncredited)
Pierre OlafRoberto (uncredited)
René PascalMan (uncredited)
André PhilipMan (uncredited)
Jean SylvèreLe groom (uncredited)
Rosy VarteHabituée du café (uncredited)
Madame PâqueretteMimi Prunelle (uncredited)
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