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Director: Georges Franju Starring: Emmanuelle Riva, Philippe Noiret, Edith Scob, Sami Frey, Renée Devillers Synopsis Thérèse Desqueyroux tries to kill her husband, Bernard, by poisoning him, but the attempt fails.  To avoid a scandal that will ruin his name, Bernard gives false evidence which results in his wife’s acquittal.  When Thérèse is returning to her home in Argelouse, she brings to mind the events that led to her present predicament.  She recalls her happy adolescence with her friend, Anne, whose half-brother she ended up marrying.  It was not to be a happy marriage, though.  Bernard’s only preoccupations were his name and fortune, and these led him to break up Anne’s love affair with a Jewish man.  When Bernard began taking medicine containing arsenic, Thérèse saw an opportunity for her to escape from her miserable existence, by killing the man she has grown to despise... © Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium) Credits Director: Georges Franju Script: Georges Franju, Claude Mauriac, François Mauriac (novel) Photo: Raymond Heil, Christian Matras Music: Maurice Jarre Cast: Emmanuelle Riva (Thérèse Desqueyroux), Philippe Noiret (Bernard Desqueyroux), Edith Scob (Anne de la Trave), Sami Frey (Jean Azevedo), Renée Devillers (Mme de la Trave), Jeanne Pérez (Balionte), Hélène Dieudonné (Aunt Clara), Richard Saint-Bris (Hector de la Trave), Jean-Jacques Rémy (Specialist), Jacques Monod (Maître Duros), Lucien Nat (Laroque) Country: France Language: French Runtime: 109 min; B&W Aka: Thérèse; Therese More French Drama

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