The Poisoner

The Poisoner (2006)

DramaTV 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?

Director: Christian Faure

Casts

	Muriel Robin as Marie Besnard
	Mélanie Bernier as Simone Roulier
	Jean-Yves Chatelais as Léon Besnard
	Mado Maurin as Marie-Louise Davaillaud
	Frank Geney as Ady
	Annie Grégorio as Louise Pinson
	Olivier Saladin as Auguste Leclerc
	Gérard Chaillou as Bodin
	Marie-France Santon as Solange Trousseau
	Grégory Fitoussi as Maître André Vidal
	Pascal Rénéric as Jacques
	Philippe Magnan as Maître Gabard
	Jean-Noël Brouté as Inspector Lavalette
	Jean-Paul Dubois as Doctor Vallois
	Maëva Pasquali as Marylou
	Anne Loiret as Thérèse Roulier, Simone's mother
	Anne Girouard as Henriette, postwoman
	Jean-Paul Bonnaire as Gaston, gravedigger
	Nicolas Jouhet as René Davaillaud
	Marie-Hélène Lentini as Mrs. Rossignol
	Maria Ducceschi as Mrs. Duzac
	Stéphane Jobert as Garnier
	Zazie Delem as Ginette Baujan
	Vincent Duviau as Célestin Fichet
	Jean-Pierre Alessandrini as Mr. Bonbour
	Maurice Antoni as Frédéric Joliot-Curie
	François Aramburu as Pixier
	Marie Berto as Chief supervisor
	Pascal Besson as Journalist
	Cécile Bois as Maître Chantal Jacquemin
	Mathieu Bonnet as Medical student
	Olivier Brocheriou as Jean-Claude Bodin
	Julien Cafaro as Doctor Cellier
	René Carton as Professor Griffon
	Bastien Clerin as Choirboy
	Laurent Cotillard as Customer of Bodin’s café
	Alain Debruyne as General advocate of Paris
	Max Delor as Professor Kohn-Abres
	Michel Deshayes as Journalist
	Philippe du Janerand as President Guirec
	Philippe Faure as Professor Peccoux
	Norbert Ferrer as RTF technician
	Frédérique Gautier as Mrs. Vidal mother
	Benoît Georges as Professor Ollivier
	Didier Gourdin as Caricature artist
	Peter Huc as Laboratory operator
	Pierre Laroche as President Boissier
	Jacques Leplus as Professor Kelling
	Gérard Levoyer as Customer of Bodin’s café
	Pascal Lifschutz as The wine merchant
	François Loiseau as Journalist
	Françoise Loreau as Warden
	Jérémy Martin as RTF technician
	Régine Mondion as Inmate
	Thierry Nenez as Journalist
	André Penvern as Professor Boiledieu
	Kévin Petureau as Medical student
	Edouard Pretet as Court clerk
	Jean-Marc Roulot as Professor Perrot
	Joe Sheridan as English journalist
	Jean-Louis Stanek as Journalist
	Olga Vincent as RTF's makeup artist

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