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HANGMAN AND THE WITCH

L'affaire des poisons

Directed by Henri Decoin
France, Italy, 1955
History, Crime, Drama

Synopsis

Madame de Montespan, the Maîtresse-en-titre of Louis XIV, has been in disgrace since the King set eyes on a younger beauty. Having had enough of the situation, the rejected mistress decides to visit La Voisin, a fortune teller who is also said to arrange black masses and sell poisons.

Synopsis

Madame de Montespan, the Maîtresse-en-titre of Louis XIV, has been in disgrace since the King set eyes on a younger beauty. Having had enough of the situation, the rejected mistress decides to visit La Voisin, a fortune teller who is also said to arrange black masses and sell poisons.