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The Affair of the Poisons (1955)

The Affair of the Poisons (1955)

Drama Crime Horror History
Release Date: 1955, November 4
Directors: Henri Decoin
Countries: France
Production: Franco London Films, Excelsa Film
Cast: Maurice Teynac, Danielle Darrieux, Roldano Lupi, Albert Rémy, Pierre Mondy, Paul Meurisse, Renaud Mary, Anne Vernon, Viviane Romance, Christine Carrère

Overview:

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...