ComedyCrime

Man Bites Dog

- It happened in your neighborhood.

The activities of rampaging, indiscriminate serial killer Ben are recorded by a willingly complicit documentary team, who eventually become his accomplices and active participants. Ben provides casual commentary on the nature of his work and arbitrary musings on topics of interest to him, such as music or the conditions of low-income housing, and even goes so far as to introduce the documentary crew to his family. But their reckless indulgences soon get the better of them.

Release Date : 1992-08-20

Language :FrenchItalian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Les Artistes Anonymes

Production Country : Belgium

Alternative Titles : Man Bites Dog: It Happened in Your Neighborhood

Cast

Character Name : Ben

Original Name : Benoît Poelvoorde

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rémy

Original Name : Rémy Belvaux

Gender : Male

Character Name : André

Original Name : André Bonzel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ben's Mother

Original Name : Jacqueline Poelvoorde-Pappaert

Gender : Female

Character Name : Valerie

Original Name : Valérie Parent

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Édith Le Merdy

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jenny

Original Name : Jenny Drye

Gender : Male

Character Name : Malou

Original Name : Malou Madou

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boby

Original Name : Willy Vandenbroeck

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ben's Grandmother

Original Name : Nelly Pappaert

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ben's Grandfather

Original Name : Hector Pappaert

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mamie Tromblon

Original Name : Rachel Deman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bed-ridden Old Man

Original Name : André Laime

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rape Victim

Original Name : Sylviane Godé

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rape Victim's Husband

Original Name : Zoltan Tobolik

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kalifa

Original Name : Alexandra Fandango

Gender : Male

Character Name : Benichou

Original Name : Olivier Cotica

Gender : Male

Character Name : Journalist

Original Name : Benoît Mariage

Gender : Male

Reviews

Filipe Manuel Neto

@FilipeManuelNeto

2023-10-28

**A film very experimental and devoid of meaning, but with some notes of quality.** I didn't like this film. It's a low-budget film, directed by Rémy Belvaux, which basically makes a kind of false documentary around the criminal and violent activities of a cruel and bloodthirsty killer, who accepts being filmed while he kills his victims. A film that looks like an academic work by a film student, and not something made for the public. It will certainly be an interesting film for film students and cinema critics, but it is not something I recommend to the general public. The film has frankly positive points, starting with the excellent performance of Benoit Poelvoorde, who plays the main character and is the only character worthy of the name here. Everything else is extras or people who simply have to appear there. The realism is impressive and, at times, shocking, and the cinematography, in black and white, is very good and worked with creativity by the director. The film's biggest problem is the feeling of amateurism and experimentalism that is felt at various moments. It's also one of those extremely violent films where everything happens without there really being a reason, a reason for being. Much of the film is a succession of violent crimes where there is nothing more than purposeless violence. The killer kills because he does, and it seems that the journalists following him are also filming because they have to film something.

Agustttt

@Agustttt

2024-11-04

One of the most amateur movies I have laid my eyes on. This entire movie is an agonizing display of the directer/writer's alter ego, over acted and over the top with violence. Everything feels pointless, and the ending really exasperates that. Also, as a warning there's an entire gang rape scene.