The Butcher
An outstanding new film by one of France's leading directors.
Rating: 7.1 out of 10TMDB(295 votes)
Overview
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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Setting
Set in France
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Music
Music by Pierre Jansen
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Jean Rabier
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Claude ChabrolScreenplay
- Original title
- Le Boucher
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 27, 1970
- Original language
- French
- Countries
- France, Italy
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