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The Affair of the Poisons (1955) · L'Affaire des poisons

Name: The Affair of the Poisons
Director: Henri Decoin
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1955
Duration: 103 min
Cast: Danielle Darrieux, Viviane Romance, Paul Meurisse, Anne Vernon, Maurice Teynac

Original title: L'Affaire des poisons

1955 · Henri Decoin · 103 min · France · Edited by 1

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Madame de Montespan, the Maîtresse-en-titre of Louis XIV, has been in disgrace since the King set eyes on a younger beauty, Marie-Angélique Scorailles. Having had enough of the situation, the rejected mistress decides to visit La Voisin, a woman known as a fortune teller, a doctor, a midwife and who is also said to arrange black masses and sell poisons. Some time later Marie-Angélique, now Duchess of Fontanges, dies mysteriously aged only twenty...

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Spanish: The Case of Poisons
Italian: Il processo dei veleni
Chinese: 毒藥事件

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The Affair of the Poisons (1955) · L'Affaire des poisons

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