A small French town in the Perigord region is terrorised by a series of gruesome killings. Meanwhile, a repressed schoolteacher (Stéphane Audran) forms an unlikely friendship with the local butcher (Jean Yanne). Hailed on its release as the greatest French film since the Liberation, this Hitchcockian thriller forms part of a cycle of movies by Chabrol concerned with murder among the middle classes.
Chabrol
Across four Sundays this November, you can catch these classic films from Claude Chabrol.
Director Claude Chabrol
Year 1970
Duration
1h 34m
Language French with English subtitles
Cast Stéphane Audran, Jean Yanne, Roger Rudel