La Veuve Couderc

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Dans le car qui longe le canal du Centre, Jean, fuyant la police et muni de faux papiers, fait la connaissance d’une paysanne, la veuve Couderc. C’est une femme qui vieillit seule et s’acharne à conserver sa ferme, possession que la famille de son mari lui conteste. Dans la ferme d’en face, vit une fille-mère de 16 ans. Jean va les prendre comme maîtresses. Entre ces deux femmes, aux antipodes l’une de l’autre, il va connaître un bonheur condamné d’avance… (Coin de Mire Cinéma)

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anglais Excellent yet reserved performances by famous actors, a simple yet multi-layered story about one (or two) women's misery that gets an unexpected boost in the shape of a visit from a man who behaves differently from all the redneck machos in the backwater of a village, make for a somber movie that is nevertheless full of life and hope. Whatever ends up happening to her. When a director has actors and a script like this, words are superfluous: in the clothes washing scene with the widow with the other villagers, Simone Signoret manages to celebrate her triumphant victory just by scrubbing a man's shirt. SUMMARY WITH SPOILER: Everything would have gone wrong anyhow, even if the gendarmes hadn't shown up. But those few moments of happiness were wonderful. ()

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