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This Man Must Die
Why this pick
Chabrol again pairs immaculate bourgeois surfaces with a methodical moral trap, sustaining the cool observation and steadily tightening psychological menace of Le Boucher.
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MOVIE1970 1h 30m FRA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
At the wedding of the assistant teacher of the village school, the head teacher is placed next to the butcher. She is Hélène, close to age 30 and single, who gets happily tipsy. He is Popaul who, after 15 years in the army, has just come home to take over the family shop and falls instantly for his attractive neighbour. Over the next few weeks they see more of each other, sharing meals, going to the cinema, and exchanging little presents. She says she is no prude, but after an unhappy affair does not want him to touch her. He says he joined the army to get away from a hateful father and repeatedly dwells on awful things he saw in First Indochina War and Algerian war.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Jean Yanne
Paul Thomas, dit « Popaul »
Stéphane Audran
Hélène David, dite «Melle Hélène»
Roger Rudel
Commissaire Grumbach
Antonio Passalia
Angelo
Dominique Zardi
Angelo (chant)