TY - GEN N2 - In a provincial French town, a sophisticated schoolmistress (Stephane Audran) avoids attachments but strikes up a congenial friendship with the charmingly passionate local butcher (Jean Yanne), a veteran of Indochina. As a serial killer spreads terror throughout the countryside, the effort of these two people to come back from their emotional islands to some kind of mutual understanding and reality builds from oblique tenderness and humor to shattering tragedy. AB - In a provincial French town, a sophisticated schoolmistress (Stephane Audran) avoids attachments but strikes up a congenial friendship with the charmingly passionate local butcher (Jean Yanne), a veteran of Indochina. As a serial killer spreads terror throughout the countryside, the effort of these two people to come back from their emotional islands to some kind of mutual understanding and reality builds from oblique tenderness and humor to shattering tragedy. T1 - Le boucher =The butcher / DA - ©2003. CY - [Venice, Calif.] : AU - Chabrol, Claude, AU - Génovès, André, AU - Audran, Stéphane, AU - Yanne, Jean, AU - Ferone, Pascal, AU - Beccara, Mario, AU - Guérault, William, AU - Rudel, Roger, AU - Rabier, Jean, AU - Jansen, Pierre, AU - Gaillard, Jacques, CN - PN1997 CN - PN1997 PB - Pathfinder Home Entertainment, PP - [Venice, Calif.] : LA - fre LA - eng LA - spa LA - French, English, or Spanish language soundtrack with optional English subtitles. PY - ©2003. N1 - Originally produced in France as a motion picture in 1969. N1 - Special features include: Audio commentary by screenwriters Howard Rodman and Terry Curtis Fox ; biographies ; trailer ; still gallery. ID - 770679 KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Serial murders KW - Indochinese War, 1946-1954 TI - Le boucher =The butcher / ER -