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La Poison [1] [2] is a 1951 French comedy drama film, written and directed by Sacha Guitry, starring Michel Simon with Jean Debucourt and Germaine Reuver. [3] [4] Synopsis. Paul and Blandine Braconnier both have the same wish, to find a way of killing the other without being caught.
Paul Braconnier et sa femme Blandine n'ont qu'une seule idée en tête : trouver le moyen d'assassiner l'autre sans risque. À la suite d'une émission de radio, Paul décide de se rendre à Paris pour rencontrer un célèbre avocat spécialisé dans l'acquittement des assassins. Il fait croire à l'avocat qu'il a tué sa femme.
A man murders his wife and gets away with it thanks to a clever lawyer and a series of coincidences. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, and more for this 1951 classic.
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- Comedy, Crime
- Sacha Guitry
- 1951-11-30
Inspired by Guitry’s own post–World War II tangle with the law—a wrongful charge of collaborationism—La poison is a blithely caustic broadside against the French legal system and a society all too eager to capitalize on the misfortunes of others.
- Paul Braconnier
Feb 19, 2013 · One of the great late period films by Sacha Guitry — the total auteur who delighted (and scandalised) the French public and inspired the French New Wave as a...
- 3 min
- 19.5K
- Eurekaentertainment
Nov 1, 2023 · Paul Braconnier veut tuer sa femme alcoolique, mais il se trompe de poison. Une satire du système judiciaire et de la justice française.
Aug 22, 2017 · Sacha Guitry's 1951 film La poison tells the story of a man who hates his wife and plans to kill her, with the help of a lawyer. The film mixes black humor, misogyny, and critique of the justice system, and features a brilliant performance by Michel Simon.
