After 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.
Stars: Philippe Nahon, Blandine Lenoir, Frankie Pain, Martine Audrain, Zaven, Jean-François Rauger
Crew: Gaspar Noé (Editor), Dominique Colin (Director of Photography), Gaspar Noé (Director), Lucile Hadžihalilović (Editor), Gaspar Noé (Producer), Lucile Hadžihalilović (Producer)
Country: France
Language: Français
Studio: Les Cinémas de la Zone, Love Streams Productions, Canal+
Runtime: 89 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: May 16, 1998
IMDb: 3.53
Keywords:daughter, suicide, work, nihilism, gun, killing, crisis, butcher, revenge, slaughterhouse, working class, jobless, social reject, economic crisis, revenge killing, thought, unemployed, new french extremism, antisocial behavior, lower class, poor man, industrial town, ex-prisoner, misanthrope, inner thoughts, incestuous fantasy, narrator
