The Butcher (1970)

An outstanding new film by one of France's leading directors.

• Thriller
• Crime
• Drama

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.

Rating

7.1 / 10 (296 votes)

Release date

February 27, 1970

Runtime

1h 33m

Language

French

Director

Claude Chabrol

Status

Released