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Poison

Poison

20236.90h 17m

Overview

When a poisonous snake slithers onto an Englishman's stomach in India, his associate and a doctor race to save him.

Directed by Wes Anderson
Written by Roald Dahl, Wes Anderson
Produced by Wes Anderson, Steven M. Rales, Jeremy Dawson
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Top Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch

Harry Pope

Dev Patel

Dev Patel

Supervisor Woods

Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley

Dr. Ganderbai

Ralph Fiennes

Ralph Fiennes

Roald Dahl

Eliel Ford

Eliel Ford

Stagehand

Benoît Herlin

Benoît Herlin

Stagehand

Themes & Keywords

snakepoisonindiabased on short storyshort filmroald dahl

About Poison

Poison is a comedy, drama, thriller film released in 2023 exploring themes of snake, poison, india, based on short story, short film, roald dahl. Directed by Wes Anderson, it stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Dev Patel, Ben Kingsley. When a poisonous snake slithers onto an Englishman's stomach in India, his associate and a doctor race to save him.

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