Is The Butcher scary?

Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does The Butcher end with hope?

No. Less hopeful than 91% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Yes. More sad than 88% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Butcher violent?

Yes. More violent than 80% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Butcher easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The Butcher

Name: The Butcher
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Released: 1970
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Stéphane Audran, Jean Yanne, Roger Rudel, Antonio Passalia, Mario Beccara

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

Directed by Claude Chabrol

Produced by Les Films La Boétie, Euro International Films

197093 min7.1 / 10

A dark French noir thriller that uses an unlikely friendship between two isolated figures as a lens to explore suspicion, class, and the proximity of violence in provincial life.

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.

Clusters

Doomed Romantic Obsession Toxic Romantic Relationships Depression and Complicity Romantic Psychological Thrillers Restaurant And Workplace Jobs

Genres

Thriller Crime Drama

Keywords

Vietnam Veteran Province Butcher Murder French Noir

Questions people ask

Is The Butcher scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.
Does The Butcher end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.
Is The Butcher sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.
Is The Butcher violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.
Is The Butcher easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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