Le boucher

Dec 19 1971 Unrated 1h 33m
Drama, Thriller

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.

Plot

Butcher Popaul meets schoolteacher Helene at a wedding in a small rural French village. They become friends. But girls are murdered in the area and Helene finds at the scene the lighter she gave Popaul...

Written by

Claude Chabrol

Directed by

Claude Chabrol

Production Countries

France, Italy

Production Companies

Les Films de la Boétie, Euro International Film

Languages

Français

Awards

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award2 wins & 1 nomination total

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