- The Butcher (film)
Infobox Film
name = The Butcher
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caption = French film poster
director =Claude Chabrol
producer =André Génovès
writer =Claude Chabrol
narrator =
starring =Stéphane Audran Jean Yanne
music =Pierre Jansen
cinematography =Jean Rabier
editing =Jacques Gaillard
distributor =Cinerama Releasing Corporation (U.S.)
released =February 27 1970
runtime = 93 mins.
country = flagicon|FranceFrance
flagicon|ItalyItaly
language = French
budget =
gross =
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followed_by =
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amg_id = 1:6788
imdb_id = 0064106"The Butcher" ( _fr. Le Boucher) is a 1970 French drama /
thriller film written and directed byClaude Chabrol .Cast
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Stéphane Audran as Helene
*Jean Yanne as Popaul
*Antonio Passalia as Angelo
*Pascal Ferone as Père Cahrpy
*Mario Beccara as Leon Hamel
*William Guérault as Charles
*Roger Rudel as Police Inspector GrumbachPlot Synopsis
Helene is a confident, slightly naive young teacher who is adored by her pupils at the school where she works and lives. She meets the local butcher, Popaul, at a wedding ceremony, and they strike up a close but platonic relationship. The film examines how Helene handles her suspicion of Popaul as a series of women in the small town fall victim to an unknown murderer.
External links
*imdb title|0064106|The Butcher
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