The Affair of the Poisons

The Affair of the Poisons (1955)

L'Affaire des poisons

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...

Date of release
1955-11-04
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (9)
Runtime
1h 43m
Genres
History, Crime, Drama, Horror
Director
Henri Decoin

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