Man Bites Dog (1991)
- Starring:
- Benoît Poelvoorde, Remy Belvaux, (more)
- Director(s):
- André Bonzel, Remy Belvaux, (more
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NC17
- Category:
- Foreign
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Man Bites Dog is a Belgian faux-documentary and high-concept satire of media violence which follows the lethal exploits of Benoit Benoit Poelvoorde, an affable, and very talkative, serial killer. He kills for money, and he kills for pleasure, and he talks all the while about philosophy and the proper technique for weighing a corpse down underwater. He is followed through his slaughter-fest by the filmmakers, Rémy and André (the actual filmmakers, Rémy Belvaux and André Bonzel), and the line between reporter and subject becomes blurred pretty quickly. The filmmakers become more and more involved in Benoit's actions, starting with the relatively innocent act of holding a flashlight for him. Eventually, when their funding runs out, Benoit hires them to continue making the film, and soon they are accomplices in a gang rape. While this film has the subtlety of a sledgehammer, its message rings true: the media tend to become part of the stories they report upon as surely as a physicist changes a wave by looking at it. ~ John Voorhees, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 96 mins
Complete Cast:
- Benoît Poelvoorde - Ben
- André Bonzel - Cameraman
- Alain Oppezzi - Franco (Sound Man #2)
- Carlos Miranda - Night Watchman
- Philippe Blasband - Featured Victim
- Pascal Lebrun - Featured Victim
- Emmanuelle Bada - Journalist
- Rachel Deman - Mamie Tromblon
- Josephs Craeynest - Victim in Montage
- Olivier Cotica - Benichou
- Antoine Chapelot - Wine Waiter
- Paul Bottemanne - Taxi Driver
- André Laime - Bed-ridden Old Man
- Andre Kuys - Victim in Montage
- Anny Hologne - Featured Victim
- Patrick Goisse - Victim in Montage
- Pol Vanderwarren - Ben's Lawyer
- Pierre Vanbraekel - Father
- Marie Travier - Featured Victim
- Sabine Tavier - Madame Pipi
- Bertrand Tavier - Victim in Montage
- Annamaria Szomolanyiova - Violinist
- Jacqueline Poelvoorde-Pappaert - Ben's Mother
- Vincent Merveille - Boxer
- Malou Madou - Malou
- Irene Gilissen - Lady on Train
- Clotilde Francois - Victim in Montage
- Aldo Fostier - Featured Victim
- Marcel Engels - Cameraman
- Bruno Belvaux - Featured Victim
- Steven Artels - Victim in Montage
- Edith Le Merdy - Nurse
- Nelly Pappaert - Ben's Grandmother
- Remy Belvaux - Remy (Reporter)
- Jean-Marc Chenut - Patrick (Sound Man #1)
- Vincent Tavier - Vincent (Sound Man #3)
- Jenny Drye - Jenny
- Benoit Mariage - Journalist
- Stéphane Aubier - Journalist
- Lucien Belvaux - Featured Victim
- Laurence D'Hondt - Journalist
- Ricardo Cotica - Child
- Gina Cotica - Mother
- Jean-Pol Cavillot - Featured Victim
- Bob Lens - Victim in Montage
- Anne LaGrange - Journalist
- Micheline Hologne - Featured Victim
- Alain Hologne - Featured Victim
- Sylviane Godé - Rape Victim (Martine)
- Willy Vandenbroeck - Boby
- Daniel Tursh - Journalist
- Zoltan Tobolik - Rape Victim's Husband
- Hughes Tavier - Buffet Waiter
- Willy Van De Waele - Victim in Montage
- Venelin Poikov - First Postman
- Valérie Parent - Valerie
- Jean-Claude Maschetti - Featured Victim
- Elaine Leonard - Featured Victim
- Jean-Paul Geets - Malou's Customer
- Alain François - Video Reporter
- Alexandra Fandango - Kalifa
- Fernaud Dubois - Postman
- Stephanie Aubier - Featured Victim
- Franco Piscopo - Sound Recordist
- Hector Pappaert - Ben's Grandfather
- Director(s):
- André Bonzel, Remy Belvaux, Benoît Poelvoorde
- Writer(s):
- Vincent Tavier, André Bonzel, Remy Belvaux
- Producer(s):
- Benoît Poelvoorde, Remy Belvaux, André Bonzel
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NC17(Violence, Not For Children, Adult Situations, Profanity, Nudity)
- Categories:
- Foreign
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