
The Swan(2023)
Two large, ignorant bullies ruthlessly pursue a small, brilliant boy in this young adult Roald Dahl short story.



Benedict Cumberbatch
Harry Pope

Dev Patel
Supervisor Woods

Ben Kingsley
Dr. Ganderbai

Ralph Fiennes
Roald Dahl

Eliel Ford
Stagehand

Benoît Herlin
Stagehand
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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