Rue de l’estrapade (1953)

Rue de l’estrapade is a French film comedy-drama first released in 1953, directed by Jacques Becker.  The film stars Daniel Gélin, Louis Jourdan, Anne Vernon, Jean Servais and Micheline Dax.  It has also been released under the title: Françoise Steps Out.  Our overall rating for this film is: good.


Françoise and Henri appear to be a perfectly happy married couple living in Paris.  When she discovers that her husband, a test car driver, has been having an affair with another woman, Françoise immediately packs her bags and moves into a house in the Rue de L’Estrapade, in the Latin Quarter.  Here, she falls under the spell of a young musician...

Whilst not in the same league as some of Jacques Becker’s better films (most notably Casque d’or, which was made immediately before this one), Rue de l’estrapade is a pleasing example of mid-1950s French melodrama.   Becker had the good sense not to dress the film up as anything other than a straightforward romantic drama, and most of its charm is in the performances of the three leading chic young actors, Anne Vernon, Louis Joudan and Daniel Gélin.


© James Travers 2002

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