The Poisoner
Marie Besnard l'empoisonneuse... (original)
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?
Starring Muriel Robin, Mélanie Bernier, Jean-Yves Chatelais, Mado Maurin, Frank Geney, Annie Grégorio, Olivier Saladin, Gérard Chaillou, Marie-France Santon, Grégory Fitoussi
It's a drama movie, and has a rating of 7.3 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.
Watch it here
Not found streaming from Australia.
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