The Poisoner
76 %|Sep 3, 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?
Featured Crew
Christian Faure
Director
Jean-Pierre Alessandrini
Producer
Olga Vincent
Producer
Charles Court
Original Music Composer
Carolin Petit
Original Music Composer
Willy Stassen
Director of Photography
Jean-Daniel Fernandez-Qundez
Editor
Annick Dufrene
Casting
Cast
Muriel Robin
Marie Besnard
Mélanie Bernier
Simone Roulier
Jean-Yves Chatelais
Léon Besnard
Mado Maurin
Marie-Louise Davaillaud
Frank Geney
Ady
Annie Grégorio
Louise Pinson
Olivier Saladin
Auguste Leclerc
Gérard Chaillou
Bodin
Marie-France Santon
Solange Trousseau
Grégory Fitoussi
Maître André Vidal
Pascal Rénéric
Jacques
Philippe Magnan
Maître Gabard
Jean-Noël Brouté
Inspector Lavalette
Jean-Paul Dubois
Doctor Vallois
Maëva Pasquali
Marylou
Anne Loiret
Thérèse Roulier, Simone's mother
Anne Girouard
Henriette, the postwoman
Jean-Paul Bonnaire
Gaston, the gravedigger
Nicolas Jouhet
René Davaillaud
Marie-Hélène Lentini
Mrs. Rossignol
Maria Ducceschi
Mrs. Duzac
Stéphane Jobert
Garnier
Zazie Delem
Ginette Baujan
Vincent Duviau
Célestin Fichet
Jean-Pierre Alessandrini
Mr. Bonbour
Maurice Antoni
Frédéric Joliot-Curie
François Aramburu
Pixier
Marie Berto
The chief supervisor
Pascal Besson
A journalist
Cécile Bois
Maître Chantal Jacquemin
Mathieu Bonnet
A medical student
Olivier Brocheriou
Jean-Claude Bodin
Julien Cafaro
Doctor Cellier
René Carton
Professor Griffon
Bastien Clerin
The choirboy
Laurent Cotillard
A customer of Bodin’s café
Alain Debruyne
The general advocate of Paris
Max Delor
Professor Kohn-Abres
Michel Deshayes
A journalist
Philippe du Janerand
President Guirec
Philippe Faure
Professor Peccoux
Norbert Ferrer
An RTF technician
Frédérique Gautier
Mrs. Vidal mother
Benoît Georges
Professor Ollivier
Didier Gourdin
The caricature artist
Peter Huc
The laboratory operator
Pierre Laroche
President Boissier
Jacques Leplus
Professor Kelling
Gérard Levoyer
A customer of Bodin’s café
Pascal Lifschutz
The wine merchant
François Loiseau
A journalist
Françoise Loreau
A warden
Jérémy Martin
An RTF technician
Régine Mondion
An inmate
Thierry Nenez
A journalist
André Penvern
Professor Boiledieu
Kévin Petureau
A medical student
Edouard Pretet
The court clerk
Jean-Marc Roulot
Professor Perrot
Joe Sheridan
An English journalist
Jean-Louis Stanek
A journalist
Olga Vincent
RTF's makeup artist