La Veuve Couderc (The Widow Couderc) – which was released in France in 1971 and in the U.S. in 1974 – is a lovely, sultry film about a widow and a younger man and their love story. He is a criminal, of course, and the small town's morality won't let these two people be happy, but I liked this a lot. Also, listen: if there is any excuse to watch Simone Signoret in absolutely anything, I just go ahead and take it. As far as I know, she's never given a performance that I didn't adore. She's just a brilliant performer, and I am always happy to watch her. As for Alain Delon... that icy stare is perfection (although I do like him better sans moustache).
I watched this as part of the Criterion Channel's Alain Delon series. It's last day on the Channel is January 31st, so I wanted to see this film before it left.
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