The Poisoner
Marie Besnard l'empoisonneuse…
Release: 2006-09-03
·Runtime: 187m
·★ 7.6
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?
Production Countries
France
Belgium
Production Companies
To Do Today Productions
RTBF
Ramona Productions
Cast
Mado Maurin
as Marie-Louise Davaillaud
Jean-Paul Bonnaire
as Gaston, gravedigger
Alain Debruyne
as General advocate of Paris
Françoise Loreau
as Warden
Maria Ducceschi
as Mrs. Duzac
Frédérique Gautier
as Mrs. Vidal mother
Jean-Noël Brouté
as Inspector Lavalette
Pascal Lifschutz
as The wine merchant
André Penvern
as Professor Boiledieu
Maurice Antoni
as Frédéric Joliot-Curie
Max Delor
as Professor Kohn-Abres
Thierry Nenez
as Journalist
Muriel Robin
as Marie Besnard
Mélanie Bernier
as Simone Roulier
Jean-Yves Chatelais
as Léon Besnard
Grégory Fitoussi
as Maître André Vidal
Anne Girouard
as Henriette, postwoman
Cécile Bois
as Maître Chantal Jacquemin
Pascal Rénéric
as Jacques
Maëva Pasquali
as Marylou
Norbert Ferrer
as RTF technician
Olivier Saladin
as Auguste Leclerc
Gérard Chaillou
as Bodin
Philippe Magnan
as Maître Gabard
Vincent Duviau
as Célestin Fichet
Olivier Brocheriou
as Jean-Claude Bodin
Peter Huc
as Laboratory operator
Frank Geney
as Ady
Jean-Marc Roulot
as Professor Perrot
Jean-Paul Dubois
as Doctor Vallois
Marie Berto
as Chief supervisor
Julien Cafaro
as Doctor Cellier
René Carton
as Professor Griffon
Philippe du Janerand
as President Guirec
Marie-France Santon
as Solange Trousseau
Jérémy Martin
as RTF technician
Régine Mondion
as Inmate
Edouard Pretet
as Court clerk
Joe Sheridan
as English journalist
Annie Grégorio
as Louise Pinson
Pierre Laroche
as President Boissier
Stéphane Jobert
as Garnier
Zazie Delem
as Ginette Baujan
Pascal Besson
as Journalist
Laurent Cotillard
as Customer of Bodin’s café
Kévin Petureau
as Medical student
Anne Loiret
as Thérèse Roulier, Simone's mother
Nicolas Jouhet
as René Davaillaud
Marie-Hélène Lentini
as Mrs. Rossignol
Philippe Faure
as Professor Peccoux
