le boucher or the butcher be one that fall into the love it or hate it camp . certainly by modern standard and claude chabrol make little of his premise small town schoolteacher stephane audran fall for small town butcher and serial killer jean yanne either a a suspense vehicle or moral drama . there be occasional hint of something deeper in the butcher description of the atrocity he saw in algeria and indochina and which he have bring home with him to the idyllic backwater and scene of his unhappy childhood and but theyre just leave for the audience to make the connection . a usual and chabrol be more interested in milieu than the crime themselves and and his sense of place and community be impeccable without be force and a his direction . one thing that be particularly striking be that he be able to use long and unshowy take ( some last several minute ) simply because his actor be up to the challenge and give the film an unforced and natural flow . there imagination and striking imagery when require the film most tense moment take place during a fade to black and while a night time drive take on a disembodied quality but he not out to batter his audience with technique . quietly impressive and but you may need to have live in a small town to get the most out of it .