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The Butcher(1998)
Status: Released
Date: 1998-01-21
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137 Votes
Time: 1h 26m
Overview:
Alina is a brilliant and enterprising woman who runs a successful art gallery in Palermo. Her husband Daniele, a successful orchestra conductor, cultured and intelligent, is not a regular presence. One day, while accompanying Daniele to the airport, Alina feels a sense of emptiness. She will try to fill it with a butcher who is always joking and full of erotic allusions and who arouses a strong attraction in her.
Languages: Italian.
Countries:
Italy
ProductionCompanies: 
Freeway Production
Rio
Movie: The Butcher
Top 9 Billed Cast
Alba Parietti
Alina
Miki Manojlović
Il macellaio
Lorenzo Majnoni
Daniele
Giulio Base
Lorenzo
Caterina Vertova
Federica
Rosa Pianeta
La cassiera
Alessandra Costanzo
Signora Costantini
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