Rue de l'Estrapade (1953)

Director:

Jacques Becker

Writers:

Jacques Becker (writer)
Annette Wademant (writer)

Release Date:

15 April 1953 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

Unbelievable, immoral and insane in every possible way... with its own, genuine charm. (original Finnish poster tagline)

Plot:

Cast

Daniel Gélin	...	Robert
Louis Jourdan	...	Henri Laurent
Anne Vernon	...	Françoise Laurent
Jean Servais	...	Jacques Christian
Micheline Dax	...	Denise
Michel Flamme	...	Patrick
Jacques Morel	...	Marcel
Marcelle Praince	...	Madame Fourcade
Henri Belly	...	Freddy
Pâquerette	...	Madame Pommier (as Madame Paquerette)
Jean Ozenne	...	Le concierge
Françoise Honorat
Fernand Rauzéna	...	Simon (as Fernand Rauzena)
Claude Larue	...	Corinne
Marcel Rouzé	...	Le locataire furieux (as Rouzé)

Also Known As:

Françoise Steps Out

Runtime:

Spain:97 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Spain:13 | Sweden:Btl

Company:

Cinéphonic

Soundtrack:

Tous les mots..

French don't use showers, do they?

This movie is a superb comedy from the same director of Casque d'or and Le trou. A close friend of Howard Hawks, who helped François Truffaut when interviewing Mr. Hawks for Cahiers du cinèma. A woman notices that her husband has a lover and she decides to leave the house and rents a little room in rue de l'estrapade (estrapade street). The husband tries to get her back but she keeps on her convictions. She looks for a job in a prèt-a-porter shop and she even flirts with another man...but they're still deeply in love with each other. The one line summary is because when the wife rents, the landlord shows her a sort of back-packer and there is no bathroom...so as we used to think about French people, they don't use showers, do they?