Édouard et Caroline (1951)

Édouard et Caroline is a French comedy romance film first released in 1951, directed by Jacques Becker.  The film stars Daniel Gélin, Anne Vernon, Betty Stockfeld, Jacques François and Jean Toulout.  It has also been released under the title: Edward and Caroline.  Our overall rating for this film is: good.


Edouard is a headstrong pianist who is married to Caroline, a young woman of bourgeois origins, whose relatives believe she has married beneath her.  Caroline’s pompous uncle invites the couple to an evening party at which Edouard must play the piano.  Before they set out, Edouard and Caroline start to quarrel...

Although pretty lightweight compared with some of Jacques Becker’s other films (particularly Casque d’Or which immidately followed it), Édouard et Caroline is a pleasing comedy of manners which follows the ups and downs of a newly married couple.  As in his earlier, similar, film, Antoine et Antoinette , Becker observes married life with tenderness and a canny perceptiveness.

© James Travers 2002

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