Movie Settings Database

Can-Can

Where:

🇫🇷 France

When:

The 1890s

The Entertainment Event of the Year! — Parisian nightclub owner Simone Pistache (Shirley MacLaine) is known for her performances of the can-can, a provocative dance recently outlawed for being immoral. Though her dancing delights patrons to no end, it also attracts the ire of the self-righteous Judge Philipe Forrestier (Louis Jourdan), who aims to punish her. The judge hatches a plot to photograph Simone in the act and ends up falling for her -- much to the chagrin of her boyfriend, handsome lawyer François Durnais (Frank Sinatra).

Released in 1960 — 131 minutes

Genres:

Drama Music Romance

Languages:

English French