The Butcher
An outstanding new film by one of France's leading directors.
1970•1h 33m•7.1/10
ThrillerCrimeDrama
Ratings
🎬TMDb
7.1/10(287)
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.
Production
Les Films La Boétie, Euro International Films
Language
FR
Status
Released
Release Date
Available in Your Library
Cast
Stéphane Audran
Hélène Davile, aka 'Mlle Hélène'
Jean Yanne
Paul Thomas, aka 'Popaul'
Roger Rudel
Commissioner Grumbach
Antonio Passalia
Angelo
Mario Beccara
Léon Hamel
William Guérault
Charles
Pascal Ferone
Father Charpy
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