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* NonIndicativeTitle: The title still refers to Bouvier as an "assassin" in English. The word means "murderer" in French but it is more often used to refer to a hired hitman in English.
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* ExpyCoexistence: Serial killer Joseph Bouvier is heavily based on real-life French serial killer Joseph Vacher, emulating many of the things that happened in his life. However, a newspaper cover in the movie has the tagline "A new Vacher?", showing that Joseph Vacher exists/has existed in this universe.
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* TheVillainSucksSong: ''La Complainte de Bouvier l'éventreur'' ("The Lament of Bouvier the Ripper"), sung by a street singer about Bouvier's crimes.
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* IllGirl: Rose's daughter is sick. She is finally admitted to hospital.
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''The Judge and the Assassin'' (''Le Juge et l'Assassin'') is a 1976 French film directed by Bertrand Tavernier and starring Philippe Noiret, Creator/MichelGalabru, Creator/IsabelleHuppert and Jean-Claude Brialy.
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''The Judge and the Assassin'' (''Le Juge et l'Assassin'') is a 1976 French film directed by Bertrand Tavernier and starring Philippe Noiret, Creator/PhilippeNoiret, Creator/MichelGalabru, Creator/IsabelleHuppert and Jean-Claude Brialy.
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* BungledSuicide: After shooting at Louise, Bouvier turns his gun on him, but he survives.
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* BungledSuicide: After shooting at Louise, Bouvier turns his gun on him, himself, but he survives.
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* KickTheDog: Bouvier harasses Louise at the entrance of the church. He proposes to marry her. She rejects him. Bouvier then kick a dog that was at the entrance of the church.
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* KickTheDog: Bouvier harasses Louise at the entrance of the church. He proposes to marry her. She rejects him. Bouvier then kick kicks a dog that was at the entrance of the church.
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* TheSociopath: Bouvier has no empathy for his victims. He even says that his fate is worse than theirs. He is a manipulator (depending on the context, he pretends to be a devout person, an anarchist, a madman or a militarist). He is a serial rapist and killer. He has no real relationship (he just wants to own Louise and he uses Rousseau to avoid death penalty). He thinks that he is important and he demands to have his picture in the newspaper.
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* TheSociopath: Bouvier has no empathy for his victims. He even says that his fate is worse than theirs. He is a manipulator (depending on the context, he pretends to be a devout person, an anarchist, a madman or a militarist). He is a serial rapist and killer. He has no real relationship relationships (he just wants to own Louise and he uses Rousseau to avoid death penalty). He thinks that he is important and he demands to have his picture in the newspaper.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Joseph Bouvier for real-life serial killer Joseph Vacher. ''Bouvier'' and ''Vacher'' both mean "cowherd" in French.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Joseph Bouvier for real-life serial killer Joseph Vacher. ''Bouvier'' and ''Vacher'' both mean "cowherd" in French.
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* DawsonCasting: Galabru was 54 when he played Bouvier. The real character, Vacher, was beheaded at 29.
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* DawsonCasting: Galabru was 54 when he played Bouvier. The real character, Vacher, was beheaded at 29.
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* SerialKiller: Bouvier rapes and kills young 12 shepherds and shepherdesses in separate incidents.
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* SerialKiller: Bouvier rapes and kills 12 young 12 shepherds and shepherdesses in separate incidents.
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* ManipulativeBastard: Rousseau manipulates Bouvier so that he confesses his crimes and then he is declared sane. Bouvier tries to manipulate Rousseau so that he is declared insane, but he fails.
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* ManipulativeBastard: Rousseau manipulates Bouvier so that he confesses his crimes and then he is declared sane. Bouvier tries to manipulate Rousseau so that he is in order to be declared insane, but he fails.
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* ManipulativeBastard: Rousseau manipulates Bouvier so that he confesses his crimes and then he is declared sane. Bouvier tries to manipulate Rousseau so that he is declared insane, but he fails.
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* {{Flashback}}: When Bouvier is in prison, he hears a song about his crimes. Then there is a flashback with Bouvier roaming in the country.
* TheGayNineties: The story is set in 1893.
* TheGayNineties: The story is set in 1893.
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* TheSociopath: Bouvier has no empathy for his victims. He even says that his fate is worse than theirs. He is a manipulator (depending on the context, he pretends to be a devout person, an anarchist, a madman or a militarist). He is a serial rapist and killer. He has no real relationship (he just wants to own Louise and he uses Rousseau to avoid death penalty). He thinks that he is important and he demands to have his picture in the newspaper.
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* PaedoHunt: The crimes of Bouvier horrify the population because he raped and killed teenagers. Rousseau mentions that his youngest victim was only 12.
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* IllGirl: Rose's daughter is sick. She is finally admitted to hospital.
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* SexualExtortion:
** Rose has sex with Rousseau because he gives her money and Rose desperately needs money to support his family, in particular her sick daughter.
** Villedieu's Annamite servant is implied to be his lover. Villedieu was a judge in Indochina. He sentenced the servant's brother to death. So he might have spared the servant on the condition that he becomes his lover.
** Rose has sex with Rousseau because he gives her money and Rose desperately needs money to support his family, in particular her sick daughter.
** Villedieu's Annamite servant is implied to be his lover. Villedieu was a judge in Indochina. He sentenced the servant's brother to death. So he might have spared the servant on the condition that he becomes his lover.
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* DudeWheresMyRespect: After getting Bouvier sentenced to death, Rousseau expects to get some public recognition (like the Legion of Honour for example). He does not get it, so he enters into a far-right movement.
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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: The trial and the execution of Bouvier are not showed on screen. Rose tells Louise about the execution.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Bouvier for Louise. She outright rejects his marriage proposal.
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* IfICantHaveYou: When Louise rejects his marriage proposal, Bouvier tries to kill her.
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* StalkerWithACrush: Bouvier harasses Louise. He follows her everywhere, even in the church.
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* RoomFullOfCrazy: Bouvier covers the walls of his cell with writings and paper clips.
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* SlobsVersusSnobs: Rousseau and his friend Villedieu belong to the establishment. They despise the working class and the tramps. Bouvier, the criminal whom Rousseau tries to convict, is a tramp.
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In 1893, Sergeant Joseph Bouvier (Galabru) comes back to his hometown, after being declared unfit for service. He harasses Louise, whom he would like to marry, but she rejects his proposition. Finally, he tries to kill her and then to shoot himself, but he survives. He stays in several insane asylums, but is finally released. Then he starts raping and killing young shepherds and shepherdesses. Rousseau (Noiret), a judge, takes an avid interest in this case and tries to identify the assassin.
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In 1893, Sergeant Joseph Bouvier (Galabru) comes back to his hometown, after being declared unfit for service. He harasses Louise, whom he would like to marry, but she rejects his proposition.proposals. Finally, he tries to kill her and then to shoot himself, but he survives. He stays in several insane asylums, but is finally released. Then he starts raping and killing young shepherds and shepherdesses. Rousseau (Noiret), a judge, takes an avid interest in this case and tries to identify the assassin.
* BedlamHouse: {{Exploited|Trope}}. Bouvier keeps on pretending that the insane asylum of Dole made him crazy. We know that he was already quite crazy before.
* BungledSuicide: After shooting at Louise, Bouvier turns his gun on him, but he survives.
* BungledSuicide: After shooting at Louise, Bouvier turns his gun on him, but he survives.
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* DrivenToSuicide:
** Louis rejects Bouvier's marriage proposals. After shooting at Louise, Bouvier turns his gun on him.
** Villedieu kills himself in the end.
* InsanityDefense: Bouvier hopes that he will be declared insane and avoid the death penalty. Rousseau pretends to help Bouvier for that, but actually he is determined to convict him.
* KickTheDog: Bouvier harasses Louise at the entrance of the church. He proposes to marry her. She rejects him. Bouvier then kick a dog that was at the entrance of the church.
* TheMistress:Rose Rose, a poor worker, is Rousseau's mistress.
** Louis rejects Bouvier's marriage proposals. After shooting at Louise, Bouvier turns his gun on him.
** Villedieu kills himself in the end.
* InsanityDefense: Bouvier hopes that he will be declared insane and avoid the death penalty. Rousseau pretends to help Bouvier for that, but actually he is determined to convict him.
* KickTheDog: Bouvier harasses Louise at the entrance of the church. He proposes to marry her. She rejects him. Bouvier then kick a dog that was at the entrance of the church.
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''The Judge and the Assassin'' (''Le Juge et l'Assassin'') is a 1976 French film directed by Bertrand Tavernier and starring Philippe Noiret, Creator/MichelGalabru, Creator/IsabelleHuppert and Jean-Claude Brialy.
In 1893, Sergeant Joseph Bouvier (Galabru) comes back to his hometown, after being declared unfit for service. He harasses Louise, whom he would like to marry, but she rejects his proposition. Finally, he tries to kill her and then to shoot himself, but he survives. He stays in several insane asylums, but is finally released. Then he starts raping and killing young shepherds and shepherdesses. Rousseau (Noiret), a judge, takes an avid interest in this case and tries to identify the assassin.
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!!''The Judge and the Assassin'' provides examples of:
* AmbiguouslyGay: Villedieu is a flamboyant dandy. He has no apparent interest in women. He lives with a young male Annamite servant, but he is never explicitly confirmed to be homosexual.
* BasedOnATrueStory: The film is based on the case of real-life serial killer Joseph Vacher.
* CrapsackWorld: The film shows that France in 1893 was one: the social inequalities were high, anti-Semitism was trendy, colonial wars were ongoing.
* CrazyHomelessPeople: Bouvier is a tramp who rapes and murders young shepherds and shepherdesses.
* TheMistress: Rose is Rousseau's mistress.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Joseph Bouvier for real-life serial killer Joseph Vacher. ''Bouvier'' and ''Vacher'' both mean "cowherd" in French.
* SerialKiller: Bouvier rapes and kills young 12 shepherds and shepherdesses in separate incidents.
* ShoutOut:
** In the beginning, a conservative priest is shocked that some books are studied in public schools. He names the works of Émile Zola, ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' by Creator/VictorHugo...
** Soldiers organize a burning of the books by Émile Zola.
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In 1893, Sergeant Joseph Bouvier (Galabru) comes back to his hometown, after being declared unfit for service. He harasses Louise, whom he would like to marry, but she rejects his proposition. Finally, he tries to kill her and then to shoot himself, but he survives. He stays in several insane asylums, but is finally released. Then he starts raping and killing young shepherds and shepherdesses. Rousseau (Noiret), a judge, takes an avid interest in this case and tries to identify the assassin.
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!!''The Judge and the Assassin'' provides examples of:
* AmbiguouslyGay: Villedieu is a flamboyant dandy. He has no apparent interest in women. He lives with a young male Annamite servant, but he is never explicitly confirmed to be homosexual.
* BasedOnATrueStory: The film is based on the case of real-life serial killer Joseph Vacher.
* CrapsackWorld: The film shows that France in 1893 was one: the social inequalities were high, anti-Semitism was trendy, colonial wars were ongoing.
* CrazyHomelessPeople: Bouvier is a tramp who rapes and murders young shepherds and shepherdesses.
* TheMistress: Rose is Rousseau's mistress.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Joseph Bouvier for real-life serial killer Joseph Vacher. ''Bouvier'' and ''Vacher'' both mean "cowherd" in French.
* SerialKiller: Bouvier rapes and kills young 12 shepherds and shepherdesses in separate incidents.
* ShoutOut:
** In the beginning, a conservative priest is shocked that some books are studied in public schools. He names the works of Émile Zola, ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' by Creator/VictorHugo...
** Soldiers organize a burning of the books by Émile Zola.
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