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La Poison: Directed by Sacha Guitry. With Michel Simon, Jean Debucourt, Jacques Varennes, Jeanne Fusier-Gir. Through a series of circumstances and plot twists an enterprising man manages to get away with murdering his wife, even though he cheerfully admits his guilt in court.
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- Comedy, Crime
- Sacha Guitry
- 1951-11-30
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.
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. Film Info. Spine #891. Special Features.
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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. Directed by Sacha Guitry • 1951 • France Starring Michel Simon, Germaine Reuver, Jean ...
Aug 22, 2017 · 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 others’ misfortunes.
Aug 23, 2017 · A soft, black comedy that uses some of Simon’s greatest skills to make us laugh uncomfortably while it criticizes the criminal justice system and the society that loves a good scandal.
Aug 14, 2017 · In an extra on the new Criterion Blu-ray of La Poison (1951), an associate tells a possibly apocryphal story of a photographer suggesting that a shot begin on the chandelier and pan down to the ...