The Butcher

9/15/2026

At a time when unmarried relationships were distinctly frowned upon, the local school teacher "Hélène" (Stéphane Audran) is acutely aware that her spinster status might turn some heads if she is seen to be too closely associated with the recently arrived soldier "Paul" (Jean Yanne) who has taken on the job of running the local butchers. He is fairly clear about his "feelings" for her but she is much more wary of lowering her guard. She already has some baggage on this front but doesn't reject him out of hand, though, and even gives him a valuable cigarette lighter for his birthday so imagine her shock when on a school trip one day they discover the body of a young girl and that very gift not an arm's length away. Of course that doesn't mean that he committed the crime but with her suspicio