La veuve Couderc (1971)

A handsome fugitive from home (barely recognized when he saw Alan Delon growing a beard for the first time) came to a small village to work in a widow's house. The widow runs the farm alone, and relatives live opposite her, but they have turned against each other. If a widow wants to survive, she must be resolute and self-reliant-she may not be liked by the villagers, but she also looks forward to tenderness and care.