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Le Boucher Details

1969

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Starring	Stephane Audran, Jean Yanne, Antonio Passalia, Mario Beccaria
Director	Claude Chabrol
Genres	Thriller

Le Boucher

Very little happens, and all of the sordid criminal events take place off screen in Claude Chabrol's exquisitely detached and austerely abstract murder mystery set in the Perigord region of central France. At the centre of the intrigue is Chabrol's frequent collaborator and wife, Stephane Audran, who plays Mademoiselle Helene, the beautiful and brash, yet shy and retiring local school teacher. As the film begins, Mlle. Helene is at a festive local wedding enjoying the company of brusque and earnest Popaul, the local butcher. Popaul speaks roughly of his bloody experiences as a soldier, yet shows a sentimental gentility towards Mlle. Helene. As the two engage in a sweet, if unlikely, courtship, the town falls victim to a serial killer who is brutally murdering local women--including the bride at the wedding. The atmosphere of the film becomes rife with subtle yet chilling suspense as Mlle. Helene simultaneously draws closer to Popaul, just as she is beginning to suspect him as the murderer. As the tension builds, so does the intricate interplay between the conflicting yet similar characters of Mlle. Helene and Popaul, resulting in a final explosion of violent acts.

Starring	Stephane Audran, Jean Yanne, Antonio Passalia, Mario Beccaria
Director	Claude Chabrol
Studio	ARROW FILM DISTRIBUTORS LTD.
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 29 mins
Certificate
Genres	Thriller
Language	DVD: English, Cantonese, Chinese
Subtitles	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1969 To Rent: DVD: 05 Jul 2004

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- Classically simple but relentlessly probing thriller, set in a French village shadowed by the presence of a compulsive... read more on Time Out
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  slice of life in late 1960's rural France
  
  ...so to speak.
  
  Anyway that's a large part of the movie's appeal for me.
  
  But okay the serial killer plot works for me too, for ... read more »
  
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  Low-key, but absorbing.
  
  This quiet but chilling tale of an idyllic French village with a murderer lurking in the background is memorably presented: the photography is beautiful, the ... read more »
  
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  Intruiging title, enjoyable film
  
  The film actually focusses on the school teacher rather than the butcher. Her character is developed far more than his. Consequently I found the ending ... read more »
  
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  Spellbinding
  
  Good build-up to the climax in this film, and some twists and turns to keep you guessing about when that 'climax' is going to come. The last few ... read more »
  
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  Very little happens, and all of the sordid criminal events take place off screen in Claude Chabrol's exquisitely detached and austerely abstract murder mystery set in the Perigord region of central France. At the centre of the intrigue is Chabrol's frequent collaborator and wife, Stephane Audran, ...