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The Affair of the Poisons
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The Affair of the Poisons

1955

Directed by Henri Decoin

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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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Director
Henri Decoin
Origin country
France
Runtime
1h 43m
Language
fr
TMDB
7.0/10 (6 votes)
IMDb
6.1/10 (149 votes)
Released November 4, 1955·L'Affaire des poisons

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