In 1934, in a little village on a canal in Burgundy (Cheuge), a laconic young stranger called Jean is walking along the road when an older woman in black gets off a bus with a heavy load. He helps her carry it to her farm, where she offers him work and a room. He accepts, and soon she is in his bed. She is the widow Couderc, running the farm single-handed with her infirm father-in-law. Across the canal live her sister-in-law and ineffectual husband, who are trying to evict the widow and gain the property. They have a 16-year-old daughter, Félicie, who has already managed to have a baby, father uncertain.
Jean enjoys helping on the farm, but will reveal little of his past. His father was rich, he says, and he wanted to become a doctor but killed a man, ending up in jail from which he has escaped. The widow accepts his story, but her trust is strained when he can't resist sleeping with the alluring Félicie as well. The situation is taken out of her hands when her sister-in-law denounces Jean to the police, who surround the farm at dawn. When Jean fires on them, both he and the widow are killed in the ensuing fusillade.
widow, couderc, french, veuve, couderc, 1971, french, drama, film, based, 1942, novel, same, name, georges, simenon, veuve, coudercdirected, bypierre, granier, deferrewritten, bypascal, jardinpierre, granier, deferrebased, onnovel, georges, simenonproduced, by. The Widow Couderc French La veuve Couderc is a 1971 French drama film based on the 1942 novel of the same name by Georges Simenon The Widow CoudercLa veuve CoudercDirected byPierre Granier DeferreWritten byPascal JardinPierre Granier DeferreBased onnovel by Georges SimenonProduced byRaymond DanonStarringSimone SignoretAlain DelonCinematographyWalter WottitzMusic byPhilippe SardeProductioncompaniesLira Films Paris Pegaso Films Rome Release date13 October 1971 1971 10 13 Running time89 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrenchBox office2 008 203 admissions France 1 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Reception 4 References 5 External linksPlot editIn 1934 in a little village on a canal in Burgundy Cheuge a laconic young stranger called Jean is walking along the road when an older woman in black gets off a bus with a heavy load He helps her carry it to her farm where she offers him work and a room He accepts and soon she is in his bed She is the widow Couderc running the farm single handed with her infirm father in law Across the canal live her sister in law and ineffectual husband who are trying to evict the widow and gain the property They have a 16 year old daughter Felicie who has already managed to have a baby father uncertain Jean enjoys helping on the farm but will reveal little of his past His father was rich he says and he wanted to become a doctor but killed a man ending up in jail from which he has escaped The widow accepts his story but her trust is strained when he can t resist sleeping with the alluring Felicie as well The situation is taken out of her hands when her sister in law denounces Jean to the police who surround the farm at dawn When Jean fires on them both he and the widow are killed in the ensuing fusillade Cast editSimone Signoret Tati Couderc Alain Delon Jean Lavigne Ottavia Piccolo Felicie Jean Tissier Henri Couderc Monique Chaumette Francoise Boby Lapointe Desire Pierre Collet commissaire Mallet Francois Valorbe colonel Luc de Mortemont Jean Pierre CastaldiReception editThe film opened at number one at the box office in Paris with a first week gross of 163 000 2 References edit Box office information for film at Box Office Story Couderc Tops Paris B O With 163G In First Week Boulevard 2d amp Sun 3d Variety 3 November 1971 p 29 External links editThe Widow Couderc at IMDb nbsp Review of film at New York Times nbsp This article related to a French film of the 1970s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This 1970s drama film related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Widow Couderc amp oldid 1173358945, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
