Man Bites Dog (1992)

Original title

C'est arrivé près de chez vous

Directed by

Benoît Poelvoorde, André Bonzel, Rémy Belvaux

Genre

comedy drama, neo-noir, found footage film

Country

Belgium

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

NC-17

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 1,011 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A film crew makes a documentary about a charming serial killer. They follow him as he commits murders, and gradually become participants in his violence.

uncomfortablebrutalnihilisticdisturbingsatiricalrawshockingbleak

What happens

Man Bites Dog (French: C'est arrivé près de chez vous, literally "It Happened Near Your Home") is a 1992 French-language Belgian black comedy crime mockumentary film written, produced and directed by Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel and Benoît Poelvoorde, who are also the film's co-editor, cinematographer and lead actor respectively. The film follows a crew of filmmakers following a serial killer, recording his horrific crimes for a documentary they are producing. At first dispassionate observers, they find themselves increasingly caught up in the chaotic and nihilistic violence, eventually becoming accomplices. The film received the André Cavens Award for Best Film by the Belgian Film Critics Association (UCC). Since its release, the picture has become a cult film, and received a rare NC-17 rating for its theatrical release in the U.S. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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