There’s a similar idea at work in The Widow, and Unusual Suspects, although most people would call it fate. I’ve written before about interconnectedness, and how I’m obsessed with the idea that everything you do connects you, no matter how tenuously, to everyone else in the world and everything they do. The answer, I think, is that it is the inevitability that interests me. Sure, I like his style, his prose, and I’ll come back to that later, but I like his plots too, even though they are, almost without exception, absolutely predictable. It’s a question that applies to my enjoyment of Georges Simenon’s novels too.
Yet, despite the familiar formula, despite the inevitability of the whole thing, I still enjoy it. Some of the outcomes are surprising, but, all in all, it’s still pretty formulaic stuff I mean, if you know, by virtue of the title of the programme, that the murderer isn’t going to be the most obvious suspect, then one needs only to keep an eye on the unlikeliest to find your man. It’s a true crime documentary series, the premise of which is that murders are not always perpetrated by the most obvious candidates. Log in or register to post your own reviews or comments.Recently I’ve been watching a programme called Unusual Suspects. Login to post your own review or comments.
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The drama plays out against the picturesque French countryside in director Pierre Granier-Deferre’s (Le Chat, The Last Train) adaptation of the novel by acclaimed author Georges Simenon (Maigret Sets a Trap, Magnet of Doom). Their secret affair and plans for the future take a dramatic turn when he succumbs to her jealous sister-in-law’s seductive daughter (Ottavia Piccolo, The Leopard). In this dark, intricate melodrama that explores the possibility of love between a young man and an older woman, Simone Signoret (Diabolique, Room at the Top) plays a contented widow who allows a handsome stranger (Alain Delon, Un Flic, The Sicilian Clan) to move in and work on her farm.
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