The Poisoner

7.6
  • Genre: DramaTV Movie
  • Run time: 187 min
  • Premiere: 2006. September 3.

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?

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Muriel Robin

Marie Besnard

Mélanie Bernier

Simone Roulier

Jean-Yves Chatelais

Léon Besnard

Mado Maurin

Marie-Louise Davaillaud

Annie Grégorio

Louise Pinson

Olivier Saladin

Auguste Leclerc

Marie-France Santon

Solange Trousseau

Grégory Fitoussi

Maître André Vidal

Philippe Magnan

Maître Gabard

Jean-Noël Brouté

Inspector Lavalette

Jean-Paul Dubois

Doctor Vallois

Anne Loiret

Thérèse Roulier, Simone's mother

Anne Girouard

Henriette, postwoman

Jean-Paul Bonnaire

Gaston, gravedigger

Nicolas Jouhet

René Davaillaud

Marie-Hélène Lentini

Mrs. Rossignol

Maria Ducceschi

Mrs. Duzac

Zazie Delem

Ginette Baujan

Vincent Duviau

Célestin Fichet

Maurice Antoni

Frédéric Joliot-Curie

Marie Berto

Chief supervisor

Pascal Besson

Journalist

Cécile Bois

Maître Chantal Jacquemin

Mathieu Bonnet

Medical student

Olivier Brocheriou

Jean-Claude Bodin

Julien Cafaro

Doctor Cellier

René Carton

Professor Griffon

Bastien Clerin

Choirboy

Laurent Cotillard

Customer of Bodin’s café

Alain Debruyne

General advocate of Paris

Max Delor

Professor Kohn-Abres

Michel Deshayes

Journalist

Philippe du Janerand

President Guirec

Philippe Faure

Professor Peccoux

Norbert Ferrer

RTF technician

Frédérique Gautier

Mrs. Vidal mother

Benoît Georges

Professor Ollivier

Didier Gourdin

Caricature artist

Peter Huc

Laboratory operator

Pierre Laroche

President Boissier

Jacques Leplus

Professor Kelling

Gérard Levoyer

Customer of Bodin’s café

Pascal Lifschutz

The wine merchant

François Loiseau

Journalist

Jérémy Martin

RTF technician

Thierry Nenez

Journalist

André Penvern

Professor Boiledieu

Kévin Petureau

Medical student

Edouard Pretet

Court clerk

Jean-Marc Roulot

Professor Perrot

Joe Sheridan

English journalist

Jean-Louis Stanek

Journalist

Olga Vincent

RTF's makeup artist

Art

Sébastian Birchler

Production Design

Camera

Willy Stassen

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Sandrine Bernard

Costume Design

Nathalie Louichon

Makeup Artist

Laurence Azouvy

Makeup Artist

Jean-Christophe Roger

Makeup Artist

Directing

Frédéric Roullier-Gall

First Assistant Director

Nathalie Alquier

Script Supervisor

Editing

Production

Olga Vincent

Producer

Anne Leduc

Delegated Producer

Arlette Zylberberg

Delegated Producer

Catherine Puertas

Production Manager

Sound

Charles Court

Original Music Composer

Carolin Petit

Original Music Composer

François Lepeuple

Foley Artist

Éric Bonnard

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Marc Pernet

Supervising Sound Editor

Writing

Anne Giafferi

Dialogue

Art

Sébastian Birchler

Production Design

Camera

Willy Stassen

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Sandrine Bernard

Costume Design

Nathalie Louichon

Makeup Artist

Laurence Azouvy

Makeup Artist

Jean-Christophe Roger

Makeup Artist

Directing

Frédéric Roullier-Gall

First Assistant Director

Nathalie Alquier

Script Supervisor

Editing

Production

Olga Vincent

Producer

Anne Leduc

Delegated Producer

Arlette Zylberberg

Delegated Producer

Catherine Puertas

Production Manager

Sound

Charles Court

Original Music Composer

Carolin Petit

Original Music Composer

François Lepeuple

Foley Artist

Éric Bonnard

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Marc Pernet

Supervising Sound Editor

Writing

Anne Giafferi

Dialogue