The Butcher

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The Butcher

PG

1970

1h 40m

Mystery & Thriller

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At a wedding in a quiet rural French village, school headmistress Helene (Stéphane Audran) meets local butcher Popaul (Jean Yanne). Though the reserved Helene is still traumatized by the failure of a past relationship, Popaul's boyish charm draws her out of her shell. But shortly after their relationship begins, a string of murders surrounds the village, and, when Helene recognizes an item she had given Popaul near one of the crime scenes, she begins to suspect he may be the murderer.

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

01/15/2004

4/4

Le Boucher has us always thinking.

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Josh Larsen

LarsenOnFilm

Feb 10

3/4

A thriller wafting on the fumes of the French New Wave...

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Dick Lochte

Los Angeles Free Press

01/08/2020

A compact, hard, bright iewel of a movie.

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Jake Euker

F5 (Wichita, KS)

02/18/2007

4/5

Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

08/08/2005

4/5

Thomas Delapa

Boulder Weekly

04/21/2005

5/5

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Synopsis

At a wedding in a quiet rural French village, school headmistress Helene (Stéphane Audran) meets local butcher Popaul (Jean Yanne). Though the reserved Helene is still traumatized by the failure of a past relationship, Popaul's boyish charm draws her out of her shell. But shortly after their relationship begins, a string of murders surrounds the village, and, when Helene recognizes an item she had given Popaul near one of the crime scenes, she begins to suspect he may be the murderer.

Director: Claude Chabrol
Producer: André Génovès
Screenwriter: Claude Chabrol
Distributor: Pathfinder Pictures
Production Co: Euro International Film (EIA) S.p.A.
Rating: PG
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 12, 1970, Original
Release Date (DVD): Mar 23, 2004
Runtime: 1h 40m