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| Stéphane Audran | ... | Hélène | |
| Jean Yanne | ... | Popaul / Paul Thomas | |
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Antonio Passalia | ... | Angelo |
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Pascal Ferone | ... | Père Cahrpy / Uncle Cahrpy |
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Mario Beccara | ... | Léon Hamel |
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William Guérault | ... | Charles |
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Roger Rudel | ... | Commissaire Grumbach / Inspector Grumbach |
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Butcher Popaul meets schoolteacher Helene at a wedding in a small rural French village. They become friends. But girls are murdered in the area and Helene finds at the scene the lighter she gave Popaul... Written by Yepok
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indochina war veteran | butcher | serial killer | knife murder | child murder |Parents Guide:
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FrenchRelease Date:
19 December 1971 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Student: What does "survive" mean?
Hélène: It means to stay alive. He began to draw. Do you know what we call desires when they lose their savage quality? Aspirations. If Cro-Magnon had not survived, the world in which we live wouldn't exist.
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Filmed at Tremolat, Perigord, in October 1969. See more »Goofs
When the blood from a murder victim drips down onto a girl from a cliff above, the hand shown dripping the blood looks fake. See more »Quotes
Hélène: [Walking through a cavern] You must understand that the instincts, the feelings, and even the intelligence of Cro-Magnon man was definitely human. The only differences to the problem were his needs to survive.Student: What does "survive" mean?
Hélène: It means to stay alive. He began to draw. Do you know what we call desires when they lose their savage quality? Aspirations. If Cro-Magnon had not survived, the world in which we live wouldn't exist.
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If Chabrol has any claim to be the French Hitchcock then it is surely based on this, his best film. Starring his wife Stephane Audran it is set in a French village, which helps give a profound sense of isolation to the terrible events which take place there. As with all great thrillers the fear comes through the gradual realisation of what is really happening, rather than the continuous portrayal of graphically violent acts. The sense of evil in the film is palpable. Unmissable!