Sacha Guitry’s La poison (1951): Criterion Blu-ray review
Sacha Guitry’s La poison (1951) is a deceptively light and witty comedy about murder; beneath the surface it is a bitter dissection of a society devoid of […]
Review: La poison (1951)
Director: Sacha Guitry
Cast: Michel Simon, Jean Debucourt, Jacques Varennes, Germaine Reuver, Marcelle Arnold,
Michel Simon
Jean Debucourt
Jacques Varennes
Germaine Reuver
Marcelle Arnold
Plot: 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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