Actors and actress from The Poisoner

Drama

Release Date

2006-09-03

Rating

Duration

187 min

Countries

France Belgium

Keywords

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 couples and probably Leons 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?