Criterion Reflections – Episode 58 – Pierre Granier-Deferre’s The Widow Couderc

David is joined by first-time guest Adam Spieckerman to discuss a film starring Simone Signoret and Alain Delon, based on a novel by Georges Simenon.

Criterion Reflections is David Blakeslee’s ongoing project to watch all of the films included in the Criterion Collection in chronological order of their original release. Each episode of this third season of the podcast features conversations with a variety of guests offering insights on movies that originally premiered in 1971 and were destined to eventually bear the Criterion imprint. In this episode, David is joined by Adam Spieckerman to discuss The Widow Couderc, directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre.

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