The Butcher
Le Boucher
1970 · 1h 33m · Crime, Drama, Thriller · France, Italy · Rated 12 (DE)
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.
Written & directed by
Claude Chabrol6.9Smart score
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butcherfrench noirmurderprovincevietnam veteran
Rating12 (DE)
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