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Poison

Poison

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 30, 1951

Runtime

1h 25m

Genres

Comedy

User Score

70%

Original Title

La Poison

Production Companies

Gaumont

Director

Sacha Guitry

Description

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...