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The Butcher

An outstanding new film by one of France's leading directors.

  • 1970
  • 1h 33m
  • Thriller · Crime · Drama
  • 7.1/10

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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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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