Man Bites Dog
1992 · Movie · NC-17 · 96 min · ★ 7.2 · 71% critics
A documentary crew follows a charismatic killer as he goes about his daily life, offering casual observations on art, society, and his own crimes. What starts as detached filming turns into a disturbing partnership, as the line between observing and enabling begins to blur with escalating recklessness.
Also known as Man Bites Dog: It Happened in Your Neighborhood
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Details
- Original title
- C'est arrivé près de chez vous
- Years
- 1992
- Release date
- 1992-08-20
- Language
- French
- Rated
- NC-17
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Critic score
- 71/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (1,008 votes)
About
If you like bleak, boundary-pushing satire that mixes dark laughs with shocking violence and moral discomfort, this may land hard; Not for you if you want sympathetic characters or can’t handle brutal, disturbing content like in Crimes and Misdemeanors.
Pros: pitch-black humor; provocative media satire; memorably unsettling | Cons: extreme violence; deeply offensive moments; uneven, amateur feel
Themes
- movie business
- dark comedy
- mockumentary
- serial killer
- brutality
- found footage
- arab
- crime
- found footage adjacent
Awards & recognition
- Sitges Film Festival Best Feature-Length Film award · 1992
- European Film Award — Best Achievement · 1993 · nominated
- Young European Film of the Year · 1993 · nominated
Cast & crew
Benoît Poelvoorde
as Ben
Rémy Belvaux
as Rémy
André Bonzel
as André
Jacqueline Poelvoorde-Pappaert
as Ben's Mother
- VP
Valérie Parent
as Valerie
Édith Le Merdy
as Nurse
Jenny Drye
as Jenny
- MM
Malou Madou
as Malou
- WV
Willy Vandenbroeck
as Boby
- NP
Nelly Pappaert
as Ben's Grandmother
Directed by Benoît Poelvoorde, Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel