Movie
The Butcher
1970NR1h 33m7.1 / 10
An outstanding new film by one of France's leading directors.
An unlikely friendship between a dour, working class butcher and a repressed schoolteacher coincides with a grisly series of Ripper-type murders in a provincial French town.
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Synopsis
An unlikely friendship between a dour, working class butcher and a repressed schoolteacher coincides with a grisly series of Ripper-type murders in a provincial French town.
More about The Butcher
Cast
Stéphane AudranHélène Davile, aka 'Mlle Hélène'
Jean YannePaul Thomas, aka 'Popaul'
Roger RudelCommissioner Grumbach
Antonio PassaliaAngelo
Mario BeccaraLéon HamelWilliam GuéraultCharles
Pascal FeroneFather Charpy
Credits
- Directed by
- Claude Chabrol
- Written by
- Claude Chabrol
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Original title
- Le Boucher
Production
- Les Films La BoétieFrance
- Euro International FilmsItaly
Themes
butcherfrench noirmurderprovincevietnam veteran
