6.6

The Affair of the Poisons

Name: The Affair of the Poisons
Director: Henri Decoin
Genre: Drama, Crime, History, Horror
Released: 1955-11-04T00:00:00.000000Z
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Danielle Darrieux, Viviane Romance, Paul Meurisse, Anne Vernon, Maurice Teynac

(L'Affaire des poisons)

19551h 43m

DramaCrimeHistory

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...