Moulin Rouge

Director:Baz Luhrmann

Genre:Drama,Musical,Romance

Cast:Nicole Kidman(Satine),Ewan McGregor(Christian),John Leguizamo(Toulouse Lautrec),Jim Broadbent(Harold Zidler),Richard Roxburgh(The Duke).

Summary:In 1899,a young writer Christian went to Paris alone to defy the hypocritical world of middle class and he met a group of Bohemians who tell him that he should write a musical show for them to be performed at the Moulin Rouge, the most famous underworld night club in Paris.Therefore, he came into the Moulin Rouge and met the highest paid star and famous courtesan and Christian fell in love with Satine.However, a wealthy duke who is also the sponsor of the Moulin Rouge wanted Satine to be his. It is a disaster and the duke found out that there were something unusual between Satine and Christian. In the meantime, Satine knew that she has an illness and she is going to die. In the end, Christian and Satine eventually fulfill their play but Satine is dead at the last scene. Before Satine died, she told Christian to write down their story so that they could be together forever!

After seeing the movie:In my opinion, it is a forbidden at first because the class between Christian and Satine is totally different. One comes from the middle class and one always stays in the obscene environment. Christian shouldn't fall in love with Satine at first. However, destiny is hard to control. It is a tragic and I am touched so deeply. The love between Satine and Christian impresses me a lot and the heatbroken feeling that they can not be together with their beloved ones and the lost of lover makes me even cry!

It's music is also fantastic, and it suits its plot perfectly. The one impresses me most is that"Diamonds are a girl's best friend",and it is really fun and depict the mind of those women in moulin rouge that they want only money!

About Moulin Rouge:Moulin Rouge (French for Red Windmill) is a cabaret built in 1889 by Josep Oller, who also owned the Paris Olympia. Close to Montmartre in the Paris red-light district of Pigalle on Boulevard de Clichy in the 18th arrondissement, it is marked by the facsimile of a red windmill on its roof.

The Moulin Rouge is best known as the spiritual birthplace of the modern form of the can-can dance. Originally introduced as a seductive dance by the courtesans who operated from the site, the can-can dance review evolved into a form of entertainment of its own and led to the introduction of cabarets across Europe. Today the Moulin Rouge is a tourist destination, offering musical dance entertainment for adult visitors from around the world. Much of the romance of turn-of-the-century France is still present in the club's decor.

1. http://movie.starblvd.net/cgi-bin/movie/euccns?/film/2001/MoulinRouge/MoulinRouge-1.html#photo
2.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0203009/
3.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moulin_rouge

Written by Eva