La Poison

Original title: La poison

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7.4/10

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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.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.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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IMDb RATING

7.4/10

1.7K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Un geôlier
(as Poirier)

André Dalibert

Le gendarme
(as Dalibert)

Max Dejean

L'épicier
(as Dejean)

Michel Nastorg

Le brigadier
(as Nastorg)

Nicolas Amato

Victor
(as Amato)

Director
- Sacha Guitry
Writer
- Sacha Guitry
All cast & crew
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Trivia
Because the actor did not like doing retakes, Guitry accomodated Michel Simon by filming all of his shots in only one take.The actor later said in an interview, that La Poison was the most enjoyable experience he had making a movie in his entire long career.

Crazy credits
There are no normal opening credits, director Sacha Guitry introduces everyone in the film.

Alternate versions
There is an Italian edition of this film on DVD, distributed by DNA srl, "HO UCCISO MIA MOGLIE (1951) + IL FU MATTIA PASCAL (1926)" (2 Films on a single DVD), re-edited with the contribution of film historian Riccardo Cusin. This version is also available for streaming on some platforms.

Connections
Featured in Monsieur de Funès (2013)

Soundtracks
Et la Vie est en Fête
Music by Louiguy
Lyrics by Sacha Guitry
Performed by Lucienne Delyle

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10/10

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To complete the previous comment (which I agree), I will add that Michel Simon's (clever) machiavelism is to visit the lawyer PRIOR the killing of his wife(pretending he already did it),in order to know how to commit the "perfect" murder without being sentenced as much as possible; smart!

Maybe Sacha Guitry's most cynical movie about marriage. The famous Director/writer was an active womanizer and we may think that he was deceived by the female gender at this time (close to his death)and wished some revenge through this film (his young last wife -Lana Marconi- was supposedly interested in his money only and eventually sold his late husband's house in Paris to speculating promoters, only a couple of years after his death (the house was destroyed immediately to build a new building of no interest, whereas Guitry's last deep wish was to open a comedian's museum to exhibit his rarest manuscripts, costumes, theater memorabilia, etc.). What a pity!