Edward and Caroline

{{short description|1951 film}}

{{use dmy dates|date=December 2016}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Edward and Caroline

| image = Edward and Caroline.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Jacques Becker

| producer = Raymond Borderie

| writer = Jacques Becker
Annette Wademant

| starring = Daniel Gélin
Anne Vernon
Elina Labourdette

| music = Jean-Jacques Grünenwald

| cinematography = Robert Lefebvre

| editing = Marguerite Renoir

| studio = Union Générale Cinématographique

| distributor = L'Alliance Générale de Distribution Cinématographique

| released = {{film date|1951|4|6|df=yes}}

| runtime = 88 minutes

| country = France

| language = French

}}

Edward and Caroline ({{langx|fr|Édouard et Caroline}}) is a 1951 French comedy drama film directed by Jacques Becker and starring Daniel Gélin, Anne Vernon and Elina Labourdette.{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/145006/Edouard-et-Caroline/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520065659/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/145006/Edouard-et-Caroline/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 May 2011 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide |author=Hal Erickson |title=New York Times: Easy Living |author-link=Hal Erickson (author) |date=2011 |accessdate=19 July 2008}} It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4079/year/1951.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Edward and Caroline |accessdate=2009-01-11 |work=festival-cannes.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304200449/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4079/year/1951.html |archivedate=4 March 2012 |df=dmy }} It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier.

Plot

Édouard and Caroline are preparing for a important social gathering at her uncle's apartment during which Édouard will be expected to play the piano and impress the guests. Lacking a waistcoat Édouard goes to borrow one from his wife's cousin. In the meantime, Caroline attempts to re-model her dress to bring it more up-to-date. Her husband is not pleased and the evening consists of rows, fights and threats of divorce. It is the early morning before life returns to normal.

Cast

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