Le Boucher
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Director:Claude Chabrol
Studio:Arrow
Producer:André Génovès
Writer:Claude Chabrol
Rating:6
Date Added:2014-06-08
UPC:825307906295
Awards:Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 2 wins
Genre:Drama, Thriller
IMDb:0064106
Location:1367
Duration:92
Sound:Mono
Languages:French
Subtitles:Anglais
Claude Chabrol  ...  (Director)
Claude Chabrol  ...  (Writer)
 
Stéphane Audran  ...  Helene
Jean Yanne  ...  Popaul
Antonio Passalia  ...  Angelo
Pascal Ferone  ...  Père Cahrpy
Mario Beccara  ...  Leon Hamel
William Guérault  ...  Charles
Roger Rudel  ...  Police Inspector Grumbach
Jean Rabier  ...  Cinematographer
Jacques Gaillard  ...  Editor
Pierre Jansen  ...  Composer
Guy Littaye  ...  Production Designer
Anthony Pass  ...  
Summary: Sexual frustration is the focus of this Hitchcockian thriller from French director Claude Chabrol. Schoolteacher Hélène (Stéphane Audran) comes to a small Périgord village to begin a new job. She is soon romanced by the local butcher, Popaul (Jean Yanne), but is distracted by her job and memories of a previous ill-fated relationship. A series of brutal murders of young women and a dropped cigarette-lighter raise Hélène's suspicions about her suitor, whose pitiable, depraved compulsions lead to a gruesome conclusion. Audran, who was Chabrol's wife at the time, makes an engaging heroine, and Yanne is simultaneously scary and pathetic as the obsessive butcher.