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Actors: Stéphane Audran, Jean Yanne
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Butcher |
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THE BUTCHER (le Boucher) is a movie written and directed by Claude Chabrol in 1969.
In this small village lost in the middle of France, life runs slowly. Jean Yanne, the only butcher in town, falls in love with the school director Stéphane Audran. While they are flirting, young women are found murdered in the forests nearby. Audran is beginning to suspect Yanne after having found, on the scene of one of the crimes, a lighter she's just offered to him.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Butcher |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Main Char. ethnic: (if not US Caucasian)
- French
Story of city/rural life?
- Small Town
Culture of surrounding area:
- French
Lover is...
- criminal/bad doer
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- teacher/professor
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type
- (woman) skinny
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
Forest?
Yes
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting
- school
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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