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7.4After completing jail time for beating up a man who tried to seduce his mentally-handicapped teenage daughter, the Butcher wants to start life anew. He institutionalizes his daughter and moves to the Lille suburbs with his mistress, who promises him a new butcher shop. Learning that she lied, the Butcher returns to Paris to find his daughter.
Released: 1999-02-1789 minDir: Gaspar NoéDrama, ThrillerBox office: $6,955Part of: Le Boucher Collection
Cast
- Philippe Nahon as The Butcher
- Blandine Lenoir as Daughter
- Frankie Pain as Mistress
- Martine Audrain as Belle-Mere
- Zaven as Man with Morals
- Jean-François Rauger as Real Estate Agent
Themes
- daughter
- suicide
- work
- nihilism
- gun
- killing
- crisis
- butcher
- revenge
- slaughterhouse
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
27,298 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
88%
Metacritic
77/100
- Year
- 1998
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- 5 wins & 6 nominations total
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