Le Boucher ( The Butcher )
'The Butcher'. An intense psychological thriller about a schoolteacher who begins an affair with the town butcher, but the affair is interrupted when an unknown killer begins preying on local children. Stephane Audran, Jean Yanne.
Year: 1969
Genre: Alice's 500 Greatest Films, Foreign Language Films, French Cinema, Movies (1001 You Must See Before You Die)
Country: France
Director: Claude Chabrol
Starring: Stephane Audran, Jean Yanne, Antonio Passallia
Duration: 94 Minutes
Rating: R13
7.6/10
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