The Butcher

"An outstanding new film by one of France's leading directors."

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.

Director: Claude Chabrol

Cast

Stéphane Audran

Hélène Davile, aka 'Mlle Hélène'

Jean Yanne

Paul Thomas, aka 'Popaul'

Roger Rudel

Commissioner Grumbach

Antonio Passalia

Angelo

Mario Beccara

Léon Hamel

W

William Guérault

Charles

P

Pascal Ferone

Father Charpy