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Sonoma Film Institute Screening - FRENCH CANCAN

  • Darwin 102 1801 E Cotati Ave Rohnert Park, CA, 94928 United States (map)

Jean Renoir’s vibrant reimagining of Belle Époque Paris. Inspired by the life of the Moulin Rouge founder, this 1955 musical comedy tells the story of a cabaret impresario (played by the great Jean Gabin, in his fourth collaboration with Renoir) caught between two lovers, a working-class showgirl and an Egyptian belly dancer. A highlight from Renoir’s late-career work, the film is the first he made in France after a long period of exile in the U.S., and its many pleasures—including a cameo by Edith Piaf and dazzling cinematography that recalls the impressionism of the director’s own father, Pierre-Auguste Renoir. “The most joyous hymn to the glory of art in the history of cinema.” – Andrew Sarris (1955, 102 min., in French w/ English subtitles)

 https://sfi.sonoma.edu/film-schedule  For more information, please contact Eleanor Nichols at 707-664-2606, nicholse@sonoma.edu 


Earlier Event: March 1
SSU Observatory Public Viewing Night
Later Event: March 1
Casino Night