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The Butcher

The Butcher

1970 · 93 min · FR · NR · 7.1 (207 votes)
Dir. Claude Chabrol · Starring Stéphane Audran, Jean Yanne, Roger Rudel, Antonio Passalia, Mario Beccara, William Guérault · Music Pierre Jansen
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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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A suffocatingly atmospheric French noir. This film feels heavy with unspoken dread and simmering tension, set against a bleak, provincial backdrop. It's a grim, character-driven mystery that lingers long after the credits roll.

dread-soakedmelancholicgrittytenseslow-burnFrench noirperiod pieceatmosphericneo-realistisolationviolenceclass strugglehidden desires
vietnam veteranprovincebutchermurderfrench noir
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