The Butcher

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.

Cast

Stéphane Audran

as Hélène Davile, aka 'Mlle Hélène'

Jean Yanne

as Paul Thomas, aka 'Popaul'

Roger Rudel

as Commissioner Grumbach

Antonio Passalia

as Angelo

Mario Beccara

as Léon Hamel

William Guérault

as Charles

Pascal Ferone

as Father Charpy

Reviews

CinemaSerf

At a time when unmarried relationships were distinctly frowned upon, the local school teacher "Hélène" (Stéphane Audran) is acutely aware that her spinster status might turn some heads if she is seen to be too closely associated with the recently arrived soldier "Paul" (Jean Yanne) who has taken on ...

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