The Poisoner (2006)
Drama
TV Movie
Loudun, October 1947. Leon Besnard and Marie celebrate their eighteenth wedding anniversary with friends and Ady, a former German prisoner they have "adopted". A few days later, Leon dies. Louise, a friend of the couple's and probably Leon's mistress claims that, on his deathbed, the deceased told her that Marie was poisoning him. The whole town soon condemns Marie and she is arrested and sent to jail. Did she really kill Léon as well as twelve other members of her family as she finds herself charged with?
Cast
Marie Besnard
Simone Roulier
Jacques
Maître Gabard
Inspector Lavalette
Doctor Vallois
Marylou
Thérèse Roulier, Simone's mother
Henriette, postwoman
Gaston, gravedigger
René Davaillaud
Mrs. Rossignol
Léon Besnard
Mrs. Duzac
Garnier
Ginette Baujan
Célestin Fichet
Mr. Bonbour
Frédéric Joliot-Curie
Pixier
Chief supervisor
Journalist
Maître Chantal Jacquemin
Marie-Louise Davaillaud
Medical student
Jean-Claude Bodin
Doctor Cellier
Professor Griffon
Choirboy
Customer of Bodin’s café
General advocate of Paris
Professor Kohn-Abres
Journalist
President Guirec
Ady
Professor Peccoux
RTF technician
Mrs. Vidal mother
Professor Ollivier
Caricature artist
Laboratory operator
President Boissier
Professor Kelling
Customer of Bodin’s café
The wine merchant
Louise Pinson
Journalist
Warden
RTF technician
Inmate
Journalist
Professor Boiledieu
Medical student
Court clerk
Professor Perrot
English journalist
Auguste Leclerc
Journalist
RTF's makeup artist
Bodin
Solange Trousseau
Maître André Vidal
Crew
Director
Producer
Producer
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Casting
Production Design
Costume Design
Makeup Artist
Makeup Artist
Writer
Dialogue
Delegated Producer
Delegated Producer
Foley Artist
First Assistant Director
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Supervising Sound Editor
Script Supervisor
Production Manager
Makeup Artist
Writer