
27 Feb 1970

The Butcher
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.

Véronique Chambon (Sandrine Kiberlain), a single schoolteacher and Jean (Vincent Lindon), discover an unexpected bond that causes them to question the direction of their lives. They move in different social circles but their relationship develops and their lives begin gradually to unravel.

Anne-marie

Jean

Véronique Chambon

le père

Collègue de Jean 1

Collègue de Jean 2

La directrice de l'école
La commerciale des pompes funèbres

Soeur de Jean 1

La mère de Véronique (voice)

Le beau-frère

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