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The Butcher is a 1970 French-Italian thriller and drama film directed and written by Claude Chabrol. Produced by André Génovès, the movie features a cast including Stéphane Audran, Jean Yanne, and Dominique Zardi. The narrative is set in France and centers on a serial killer. Jean Rabier served as the director of photography, with music composed by Pierre Jansen.
The film has a runtime of 93 minutes and was distributed by Netflix via video on demand. It holds a review score of 8.6 out of 10 and 100 percent, with an IMDb rating of 7.3 and a TMDb vote average of 7.126. The work is part of the Museum of Modern Art collection. Keywords associated with the film include Vietnam veteran, province, butcher, murder, and French noir.
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Film · TMDB
7.1An 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.
Cast
- Stéphane Audran as Hélène Davile, aka 'Mlle Hélène'
- Jean Yanne as Paul Thomas, aka 'Popaul'
- Roger Rudel as Commissioner Grumbach
- Antonio Passalia as Angelo
- Mario Beccara as Léon Hamel
- William Guérault as Charles
Themes
- vietnam veteran
- province
- butcher
- murder
- french noir
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Original language
- French
- Main subject
- serial killer
- Creator
- Claude Chabrol
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Director
- Claude Chabrol
- Screenwriter
- Claude Chabrol
- Cast member
- Dominique Zardi
- Composer
- Pierre Jansen
- Producer
- André Génovès
- Cinematographer
- Jean Rabier
- Narrative location
- France
- Duration
- 94
- FilmAffinity ID
- 883606
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1970-01-01
- title
- Le Boucher
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 100%
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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