Man Bites Dog

Cast

Benoît Poelvoorde
as Ben

Rémy Belvaux
as Remy (Reporter), Reporter

Nelly Pappaert
as Ben's Grandmother

Hector Pappaert
as Ben's Grandfather

Jenny Drye
as Jenny

Jean-Marc Chenut
as Patrick (Sound Man #1)

Alain Oppezzi
as Franco (Sound Man #2)

Vincent Tavier
as Vincent (Sound Man #3)

André Bonzel
as Cameraman

Jacqueline Poelvoorde-Pappaert
as Ben's Mother

Malou Madou
as Malou

Rachel Deman
as Mamie Tromblon

Willy Vandenbroeck
as Boby

André Laime
as Bed-ridden Old Man

Édith Le Merdy
as Nurse

Sylviane Godé
as Rape Victim (Martine)

Zoltan Tobolik
as Rape Victim's Husband

Valérie Parent
as Valerie

Alexandra Fandango
as Kalifa

Olivier Cotica
as Benichou

Gina Cotica
as Mother

Ricardo Cotica
as Child

Pierre Vanbraekel
as Father

Marcel Engels
as Cameraman

Franco Piscopo
as Sound Recordist

Venelin Poikov
as First Postman

Alain François
as Video Reporter

Fernaud Dubois
as Postman

Antoine Chapelot
as Wine Waiter

Hughes Tavier
as Buffet Waiter

Pol Vanderwarren
as Ben's Lawyer

Anne LaGrange
as Journalist

Paul Bottemanne
as Taxi Driver

Vincent Merveille
as Boxer

Irene Gilissen
as Lady on Train

Sabine Tavier
as Madame Pipi

Annamaria Szomolanyiova
as Violinist

Carlos Miranda
as Night Watchman

Pascal Lebrun
as Featured Victim

Stephanie Aubier
as Featured Victim

Alain Hologne
as Featured Victim

Micheline Hologne
as Featured Victim

Philippe Blasband
as Featured Victim

Aldo Fostier
as Featured Victim

Jean-Pol Cavillot
as Featured Victim

Anny Hologne
as Featured Victim

Elaine Leonard
as Featured Victim

Marie Travier
as Featured Victim

Bruno Belvaux
as Featured Victim

Lucien Belvaux
as Featured Victim

Jean-Claude Maschetti
as Featured Victim

Laurence D'Hondt
as Journalist

Daniel Tursh
as Journalist

Benoît Mariage
as Journalist

Emmanuelle Bada
as Journalist

Stéphane Aubier
as Journalist

Jean-Paul Geets
as Malou's Customer

Clotilde Francois
as Victim in Montage

Steven Artels
as Victim in Montage

Bertrand Tavier
as Victim in Montage

Bob Lens
as Victim in Montage

Josephs Craeynest
as Victim in Montage

Willy Van De Waele
as Victim in Montage

Andre Kuys
as Victim in Montage

Patrick Goisse
as Victim in Montage

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• Aug 03, 2013

  Man Bites Dog is probably the best low budget/mockumentary ever, it really grows inside of you. Man Bites Dog follows the life and work of serial killer Benoit Poelvoorde, who teaches us how to become a successful serial killer and the art of being one. It's hilarious, satirical and chilling to the bones all at the same time.
  

  Sylvester K Super Reviewer
• Jun 17, 2013

  Man Bites Dog is an intensely disturbing movie that, despite having frequent moments of dark humor, is shockingly violent and very difficult to watch. In the movie, a (fictional) documentary crew follows charming serial killer Benoit around in his day-to-day routine. Ben is a vicious and remorseless killer, yet he is also witty, intelligent, and very charming, making his murders all the more terrifying. He is completely devoid of any guilt for what he does, and he even casually points to a concrete wall at one point and says that he had stuffed the bodies of two Arabs in the wall, "facing Mecca of course." He starts off every month by killing a postman and even teaches the documentary crew about the correct amount of weight needed to weigh down different corpses underwater. Gradually the filmmakers begin to assist Ben more and more with his murders until they become just as bad as him in a horrifying rape scene. The movie acts as a satire on our society's morbid obsession with violence, and it definitely makes a point to disgust its audience with violence. The movie opens with Ben suffocating a woman to death onboard a train, and it doesn't get much tamer after that. His victims range from small children to elderly women, and it's all shown onscreen. Needless to stay this is a challenging movie to watch. Despite the (deliberately) appalling violence depicted, Ben is carefree and casually makes remarks that are funny in the sickest of ways. I wouldn't surprised if someone characterized this movie as a dark comedy, because it's intended to be funny much of the time, but this humor is mixed with brutal violence to create a sort of nightmarish paradox of a movie. I wouldn't dare recommend Man Bites Dog to a friend, but for those who are willing to take a major risk and watch it, it's a fascinating and well-made, albeit very disturbing, movie with a very dramatic way of expressing its themes.
  

  Joey S Super Reviewer
• Sep 08, 2012

  This film is violent, nasty, and has some of the best black humor since Dr. Strangelove. The serial killer being followed by the documentary crew in this mockumentary is Ben. He is an expert in killing, dirty jokes, and probably majored in philosophy in college. Which is probably why he steals to pay the bills. While I wouldn't rank this near the most disturbing film like many have, there were sequences of violence that were hard to watch. Most notably the rape scene, which had an even more gruesome aftermath than the one in A Clockwork Orange. Ben killed 34 people in this film, one of them a child. We only saw one man escape from him. All the kills were unique, the three directors didn't reuse ideas. We can only assume the countless amount of people he killed before this showbiz crew somehow found him. While the serial killer is enjoyable to listen to the cast made sure you didn't forget how bad he really was. That's a problem with some of the films that follow purely the villain, you start rooting for him. There were a few plot holes I spotted. Why wouldn't the police seize the documentary footage? It didn't really take much away but it could be the reason this is refereed to as an exploitation film. Which is not what the directors intended. The movie could bring humor into dark areas. It was even cartoonish in a sense, Ben looked at killing as if he was animating Tom & Jerry. This made it a unique and powerful film.
  

  Daniel D Super Reviewer
• Jan 18, 2012

  A shocking and engaging mockumentary that takes a unique and often difficult look at violence in our society. The subject of the film Benoit is disturbingly believable as the maniacal yet oddly likeable sociopath. While Benoit participates in extraordinary acts of violence, the filmmakers do a great job making sure that we are entertained the entire time. In that way we are giving consent for the madness to continue. Even as the camera crew in the film began to become more and more complicit in Benoit's crimes, we as the audience can share in their wonder. It is a well made film and even though it is hard to watch at times, you cannot help but watch. It is violent entertainment critiquing violence as entertainment and it does a very good job at achieving that goal.
  Reid V Super Reviewer

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