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Marthe, a robust peasant, is a single mother. For her child to be happy, she abandons him to the Duchemin household, eager for an impossible motherhood. Later, the young man is still unaware of the obscure sacrifice of his real mother.
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After completing jail time for beating up a man who tried to seduce his mentally-handicapped teenage daughter, the Butcher wants to start life anew. He institutionalizes his daughter and moves to the Lille suburbs with his mistress, who promises him a new butcher shop. Learning that she lied, the Butcher returns to Paris to find his daughter.