The Marquise of Darkness(La Marquise des ombres)
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France · 2011
3h 0m
Director Edouard Niermans
Starring Anne Parillaud, Nicolas Bouchaud, Olivier Perrier, Eric Ruf
Genre Crime, Drama
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Marie Madeleine Dreux, Marquise of Brinvilliers, was executed in 1676 for poisoning. Manipulated by her lover and having kept the aftereffects of her childhood, she does not hesitate to poison her father and two brothers to recover their inheritance.
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