Pierre Granier-Deferre's tightly wound drama set in the French countryside features some great acting from stars SImone Signoret and Alain Delon. Delon, a fugitive on the run, is hired by widow Signoret to work her farm. Signoret's awful in-laws cause a lot of problems...wanting Delon gone and wanting Signoret's land. Mayhem ensues. Signoret portrays pent up frustration like nobody else and Delon is both oily and undeniably attractive. They're very good together. Granier-Deferre keeps the tension high as these two tangle, falling in and out and in out of lust. A much unheralded film based on a novel by Georges Simenon. With Ottavia Piccolo as a very unstable nymphomaniac.
Review of The Widow Couderc
The Widow Couderc
(1971)
Hell hath no fury like a widow scorned...
26 November 2018
Warning: Spoilers