The Poisoning Angel

The Poisoning Angel

2017 · 97 min · FR · 4.4 (34 votes)
Dir. Stéphanie Pillonca · Starring Déborah François, Benjamin Biolay, Jonathan Zaccaï, Catherine Mouchet, Blanche François, Féodor Atkine · Music Sylvain Goldberg
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In 1800, Brittany is on its knees, overwhelmed by the regime in place and by the omnipotent clergy. It founders in an economic slump without end in sight and, in the middle of all this, a young, suffering girl pushes back as best she can. She is known as the "Poisoning Angel," an isolated child, mistreated by life and rocked by morbid thoughts. She will become one of the world's most notorious serial killers and will sow death, perhaps merely to be looked at and loved.

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A chillingly beautiful descent into darkness. This film feels like a haunted fairy tale, where a young girl's pain blossoms into a morbid, mesmerizing spectacle. It's a slow, unsettling journey into the heart of despair and the desperate need for love.

gothicbleakintensemelancholicslow-burnperiod dramaarthousedark fantasypsychological thrillertraumarevengeisolationfaith
poisonserial killerbretagne
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