L'affaire Marie Besnard (1986)

Director:

Yves-André Hubert

Writer:

Frédéric Pottecher

Stars:

Alice Sapritch, Paul Barge, Danielle Volle

3 wins.

Cast

Credited cast:
Alice Sapritch	...	Marie Besnard
Paul Barge	...	Maître Hayot
Danielle Volle	...	Maître Favreau-Colombier (as Danièle Volle)
Véronique Silver	...	Louise Paniou
Claude Evrard	...	Dr. Beroud
Germaine Delbat	...	La mère Davaillaud
Bernard Fresson	...	Maître Gautrat
Vincent Gauthier	...	Maître du Cluzeau
Jacques Alric	...	Léon Besnard
Nicolas Silberg	...	L'inspecteur Picard
Marc Eyraud	...	Auguste Massip
Claude Lochy	...	Le président
Michel Ruhl	...	L'avocat général
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
René Alié	...	Docteur Fabre
Pierre Belot

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

arsenic | anjou | autopsy | murder accusation | female killer | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Company Credits

Production Co:

Société Française de Production (SFP), TF1

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Remade as The Poisoner (2006)

User Reviews

Another devil in Loudun?

This teleplay was based on a true story.Marie Besnard's story was widely talked about in the French sixties.We will never know whether she was a victim of slander or a criminal.Alice Sapricht was the ideal actress to portray the lady some people of Loudun sometimes used to call "the Good Lady of Loudun".But some other people said she had poisoned members of her family.She was acquitted but who really knows the truth? My best friend's mother told me that ,when I was a little child,me and my pal were playing on a beach and a lady offered us a biscuit.But people warned our mothers "do not let'em take it!it's MARIE BESNARD!" She was perhaps the nice lady of Loudun" after all.