Stéphane Audran
Hélène Davile, aka 'Mlle Hélène'
The Butcher (1970)
"An outstanding new film by one of France's leading directors."
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Overview
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.
Claude Chabrol
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Claude Chabrol
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