The Butcher(Le Boucher)
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France, Italy · 1970
Rated PG-13 · 1h 33m
Director Claude Chabrol
Starring Stéphane Audran, Jean Yanne, Roger Rudel, Antonio Passalia
Genre Thriller, Drama, Mystery
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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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