The Poisoner
2006, French. Directed by Christian Faure.
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?
- Runtime
- 3h 7m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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Cast & crew
- Christian FaureDirector
- Muriel RobinMarie Besnard
- Mélanie BernierSimone Roulier
- Jean-Yves ChatelaisLéon Besnard
- Mado MaurinMarie-Louise Davaillaud
- Frank GeneyAdy
- Annie GrégorioLouise Pinson
- Olivier SaladinAuguste Leclerc
- Gérard ChaillouBodin
- Marie-France SantonSolange Trousseau
- Grégory FitoussiMaître André Vidal
- Pascal RénéricJacques
- Philippe MagnanMaître Gabard
Details
- Released
- 3 September 2006
- Original title
- Marie Besnard l'empoisonneuse…
- Country
- France, Belgium
- Written by
- Olga Vincent, Daniel Riche
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The Poisoner runs 187 minutes (3h 7m).
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The Poisoner isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 3 September 2006. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Poisoner?
The Poisoner (2006) was directed by Christian Faure and stars Muriel Robin, Mélanie Bernier, Jean-Yves Chatelais.