| La Poison | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Sacha Guitry |
| Written by | Sacha Guitry |
| Produced by | Paul Wagner, Alain Poiré |
| Starring | Michel Simon Germaine Reuver |
| Cinematography | Jean Bachelet |
| Edited by | Raymond Lamy |
| Music by | Louiguy |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
La Poison[1] is a 1951 French comedy drama film, written and directed by Sacha Guitry, starring Michel Simon with Jean Debucourt and Germaine Reuver.[2][3]
Synopsis
Paul and Blandine Braconnier both have the same wish, to find a way of killing the other without being caught. She hits on rat poison, he, intrigued by a radio interview with a famous lawyer, decides to go to Paris to meet him. There he convinces the lawyer that he has already murdered his wife, and through the questions of the lawyer works out the best way to do it and get acquitted. On his return to the home town, their plans are put in place.
Cast
- Michel Simon: Paul Louis Victor Braconnier, the gardener
- Germaine Reuver: Blandine Braconnier, Paul's wife
- Jean Debucourt: Maître Aubanel, the famous lawyer
- Louis de Funès: André Chevillard, a citizen of Remonville
- Marcelle Arnold: Germaine Chevillard, André's wife
- Georges Bever: Mr Gaillard, the chemist of Remonville
- Nicolas Amato: Victor Boitevin, an inhabitant
- Jacques Varennes: the prosecutor
- Jeanne Fusier-Gir: Mrs Tyberghen, the florist
- Pauline Carton: Mrs Michaud, the grocer
- Albert Duvaleix: Abbot Méthivier
- Léon Walther: a senior magistrate
- Henry Laverne: Judiciary President
- Harry Max: Henri, an inhabitant
Remake
The film was remade by Jean Becker as A Crime in Paradise in 2001.[4]
References
- ↑ Poison is a masculine noun in French; Guitry's use of a feminine article refers to the wife as "an unbearable and unpleasant person". (Larousse de la Langue Française - Lexis, 1979, poison (2) p.1446. "Personne méchante et de caractère insupportable.")
- ↑ "La POISON (1951)". BFI. Archived from the original on December 30, 2018.
- ↑ "Poison (1951) - Sacha Guitry | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.
- ↑ "Un crime au Paradis (2001) - Jean Becker | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.
External links
- La Poison at IMDb
- La Poison at Rotten Tomatoes
- La Poison at the Films de France
- La poison—or, How to Kill Your Wife an essay by Ginette Vincendeau at the Criterion Collection
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