France / Oct 19, 2006 / 2 DVD
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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?
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Gérard Chaillou | Bodin |
| Marie-France Santon | Solange Trousseau |
| Grégory Fitoussi | Maître André Vidal |
| Pascal Rénéric | Jacques |
| Philippe Magnan | Maître Gabard |
| Jean-Noël Brouté | Inspector Lavalette |
| Jean-Paul Dubois | Doctor Vallois |
| Maëva Pasquali | Marylou |
| 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 |
| Stéphane Jobert | Garnier |
| Zazie Delem | Ginette Baujan |
| Vincent Duviau | Célestin Fichet |
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| Jean-Pierre Alessandrini | Mr. Bonbour |
| Maurice Antoni | Frédéric Joliot-Curie |
| François Aramburu | Pixier |
| 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 |
| Françoise Loreau | Warden |
| Jérémy Martin | RTF technician |
| Régine Mondion | Inmate |
| 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 |
Genres
DramaTV Movie
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Marie Besnard l'empoisonneuse… |
| Original language | Français (FR) |
| Spoken languages | Français |
| Production countries | France, Belgium |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | To Do Today Productions, RTBF, Ramona Productions |
| Release date | 3 settembre 2006 |
| Production | Jean-Pierre Alessandrini, Olga Vincent |
| Writer | Olga Vincent, Daniel Riche, Anne Giafferi |
| Casting | Annick Dufrene |
| Editing | Jean-Daniel Fernandez-Qundez |
| Cinematography | Willy Stassen |
| Assistant directors | Frédéric Roullier-Gall, Christian Faure, Nathalie Alquier |
| Camera operators | Willy Stassen |
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| Additional photography | Willy Stassen |
| Production design | Sébastian Birchler |
| Art direction | Sébastian Birchler |
| Set decoration | Sébastian Birchler |
| Music | Charles Court, Carolin Petit, François Lepeuple, Éric Bonnard, Marc Pernet |
| Sound | Charles Court, Carolin Petit, François Lepeuple, Éric Bonnard, Marc Pernet |
| Costume design | Sandrine Bernard, Nathalie Louichon, Laurence Azouvy, Jean-Christophe Roger |
| Makeup | Nathalie Louichon, Laurence Azouvy, Jean-Christophe Roger, Sandrine Bernard |
| Hairstyling | Sandrine Bernard, Nathalie Louichon, Laurence Azouvy, Jean-Christophe Roger |
Release dates
Physical media
TV
Belgium / Sep 03, 2006
Switzerland / Sep 16, 2006
France / Sep 25, 2006 / 1ère partie
Italy / Sep 29, 2008
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