The Butcher (Le boucher)

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Directed by

Claude Chabrol

Starring

Stéphane Audran
Hélène

Jean Yanne
Popaul / Paul Thomas

Antonio Passalia
Angelo

Written by

Claude Chabrol
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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.

Release date: 19 December 1971
UPC: 825307906295

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" A tense and well-made thriller from Claude Chabrol, and the first film I've seen of his. It stars his wife of the time, Stephane Audran, and features a creepy performance from Jean Yanne. Le Boucher is set in a paradisaical French village on the Dordogne, where a series of eerie murders occur. The protagonist, a schoolteacher, friendzones a dorky butcher who has dark secrets. At the end, there is a disturbing speech from the killer, who describes his fascination with blood. Although this is"