Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

The Poisoning Angel (2017)

The Poisoning Angel poster
Original title
Fleur de Tonnerre
Directed by
Stéphanie Pillonca-Kervern
Genre
drama film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
4.4 of 10 from 35 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In early 19th century Brittany, a cook named Helene Jegado works for various employers and poisons them with rat poison. She believes she is the embodiment of a mythical death figure.

bleakslow-burndarkunsettlingdeliberatehistoricalsomberdisturbing

What happens

Fleur de tonnerre est un film dramatique franco-belge coécrit et réalisé par Stéphanie Pillonca-Kervern, sorti en 2017. Il s'agit de l'adaptation du roman du même nom de Jean Teulé (2013). Il relate la biographie romancée d'Hélène Jégado, surnommée « Fleur de tonnerre » par sa mère. Employée pendant des années comme cuisinière en Basse-Bretagne au début du XIXe siècle, se prenant pour l'incarnation de l'Ankou, personnage mythique de la mort, elle tue ses employeurs successifs en empoisonnant leur nourriture avec de la mort aux rats. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?