
Cinetrā

Cinetrā

Marie Besnard l'empoisonneuse… (original title)
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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?
Cast: Muriel Robin, Mélanie Bernier, Jean-Yves Chatelais, Mado Maurin, Frank Geney, Annie Grégorio, Olivier Saladin, Gérard Chaillou, Marie-France Santon, Grégory Fitoussi, Pascal Rénéric, Philippe Magnan, Jean-Noël Brouté, Jean-Paul Dubois, Maëva Pasquali, Anne Loiret, Anne Girouard, Jean-Paul Bonnaire, Nicolas Jouhet, Marie-Hélène Lentini
Writers: Olga Vincent (Writer), Daniel Riche (Writer)
Cinematographer: Willy Stassen
Production Designer: Sébastian Birchler
Editor: Jean-Daniel Fernandez-Qundez
Sound Designer: Marc Pernet
Composer: Charles Court, Carolin Petit
Costume Designer: Sandrine Bernard
Direction team: Frédéric Roullier-Gall (First Assistant Director), Nathalie Alquier (Script Supervisor)
Producers: Jean-Pierre Alessandrini, Olga Vincent, Anne Leduc
Production: To Do Today Productions, RTBF, Ramona Productions