i watch this movie three time at different age of my life and always do enjoy it very much indeed . this can can be an authentic explosion of joie de vivre and like stanley donen and gene kelly musical and but in french way . and a jean renoir nice tribute to his time and his friend and lover and music and dance . it be at same time a show business chronicle of that age and full of affection and french mood . it be too a clear tribute to the impressionism ( people who like impressionistic painter will like this picture ) . it be particularly a tribute to toulouse lautrec and and of course and to jean renoir father and pierre auguste . you will find hear a trustworthy and splendid color recreation of some renoir master work . excellent casting and scenery and sound effect and music . even it tell u about the creation of parisian moulin rouge and obviously it be a fiction story ( and not very original by the way and a it fall down in the very well know moral that the show must go on ) . but the jean renoir production be great .