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.
Stéphane Audran
Hélène Davile, aka 'Mlle Hélène'
Jean Yanne
Paul Thomas, aka 'Popaul'
Roger Rudel
Commissioner Grumbach
Antonio Passalia
Angelo
Mario Beccara
Léon Hamel
William Guérault
Charles
Pascal Ferone
Father Charpy
Director
Claude Chabrol
Screenplay
Claude Chabrol
Tagline
"An outstanding new film by one of France's leading directors."
Status
Released
Original Language
FR
Production
Les Films La Boétie, Euro International Films
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