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| Originally released: 1970 |
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Surprisingly touching portrait of a serial killer. An ex-soldier
returns to his provincial hometown after years away at war, takes up
butchering as a trade, and strikes up a courtship with a repressed
schoolteacher. Soon, the community finds itself victim to a brutal
series of murders. No prizes for guessing whodunnit; Chabrol's camera
ceaselessly circles and prowls around the characters, keeping them
enclosed in the frame – like their own natures, it follows them
everywhere, inescapable. But in the final scenes, it shifts gears,
takes off, achieves some kind of weightlessness - and against
expectations, conveys a strong, unexpected sense of redemption and
grace.
SF Said
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