Storyline

Henri Danglard, proprietor of the fashionable (but bankrupt) cafe 'Le Paravent Chinois' featuring his mistress, belly dancer Lola, goes slumming in Montmarte (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...—Rod Crawford

Plot Keywords

dance, opening night, paris france, cabaret, stage performance, dance lesson, construction site, broke, suicide attempt, falling into a hole, title spoken by character, 1880s, 19th century, dancing, baker, singing, piano, love, debt, nightclub

Short Review

Above all, it is a picture to see, without a critics's notebook, as a rare pleasure.

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