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.
Acting
Yanne's wounded bull energy, Audran's porcelain tension.
Direction
Chabrol's Hitchcockian restraint—violence implied, never exploited.
Cinematography
Limoges: grey skies, red meat, no escape.
Director
Claude Chabrol
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chabrol shot in his hometown of Sardent; the butcher shop was real, still operating.
Often called 'the French Hitchcock,' but Chabrol hated this—he saw his work as class critique disguised as thriller.
No ratings yet
Sign in to join the discussion — comments are spoiler-gated to your watch progress.
Discussion starters
FR
