The British Film Institute has revealed that it will release a Dual Format Edition of Jean Renoir's legendary French Cancan (1954), starring Jean Gabin, Maria Felix, François Arnoul, and Franco Pastorino. Technical specs and region coding status for this release are unknown at the moment. Street date is November 7th.
The legendary Jean Gabin plays Danglard, mentor to, and lover of, the stage stars of 1890s Paris. When he discovers a naïve young laundress (Francoise Arnoul) dancing in a nightclub he is inspired by her talent to revive the forgotten cancan in a show that the whole of Paris, rich and poor, will never forget.
Based on the true story of Moulin Rouge founder Charles Zidler, Jean Renoir s exuberant tale of an impresario s commitment to his art is a masterpiece of Technicolor brilliance, which features luminaries of the 1950s Parisian café-concert scene, Edith Piaf and Patachou, as period artistes.
Special Features:
Brand new restoration presented in both High Definition and Standard Definition
The show must go on! The joys of life by Jean Renoir (2010, 57 mins): documentary on the making of French Cancan
Fully illustrated booklet with new essays, biographies and notes on the soundtrack
Blu-ray.com has already reviewed the French Blu-ray release of French Cancan, courtesy of Gaumont, here.