Die Witwe

Leslie Caron excels in her role as a self-absorbed, high-strung bitch who utilizes her great wealth for the benefit of others, though only to glorify herself and keep them on a leash. When she finds true love she changes for the better, but sneaking suspicions of extramarital affairs snap her right back to her old vindictive ways...and worse.

A very odd film with lots of fast editing shifts and red-herring randomness, many will be turned off by its semi-experimental erratic pacing. Catherine Bach's divested breasts will certainly keep select viewers briefly interested, however.

NICOLE will be a difficult watch for the quotidian viewer, but might be worth tracking down if your trying to find something off the beaten path of orthodox exposition. 6/10

1st watched 2/3/2006 - 2 out of 10(Dir-Istvan Ventilla): Weird tale of a lonely controlling wealthy woman and her relationship with a known killer named Malcolm who is her chauffeur and the one who does her dirty deeds when she doesn't want someone around any longer. This movie is being sold as the Catherine Bach-nudie/lesbian film but this is such a minor part it's not worth having for a brief minute or two of Bach's bare chest. The movie was made very cheaply with terrible sound where at times you have to turn it up full blast to hear what the character's are saying. This and the crazy antics of Leslie Caron as Nicole make for a very convoluted confusing mess of a movie. With a better production, they may have had something but just barely. The story has possibilities but you have to be able to hear and see what's going on first. Extra clips are thrown in randomly and you're not sure if these are past scenes or just dream sequences of the main character. This adds to the confusion. This is one of those examples of a badly made film making a few bucks because of marketing but shouldn't have been seen by anyone. It's that bad. Enough said.