

Paul Braconnier and his wife Blandine only have one thing in mind: to find a way to kill each other without risk. After listening to a radio show, Paul decides to go to Paris to meet a famous lawyer in the acquittal of the murderers. He tells the lawyer that he killed his wife. The lawyer asks Paul to reconstruct the circumstances of the drama. Without knowing it, he explains, in spite of himself, the way for Paul to murder his wife by putting the odds on his side to avoid death penalty or even be released...
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Olivier Assayas on LA POISON
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Cast

Michel Simon
Paul Louis Victor Braconnier

Jean Debucourt
Maître Aubanel

Jacques Varennes
Le procureur

Germaine Reuver
Blandine Braconnier

Marcelle Arnold
Germaine Chevillard

Georges Bever
Mr Gaillard

Nicolas Amato
Victor Boitevin

Jeanne Fusier-Gir
Mme Tyberghen

Pauline Carton
Mme Michaud

Albert Duvaleix
L'abbé Méthivier

Louis de Funès
André

Henry Laverne
Le président
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