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- A police murder and the following investigation create panic in the so-called Belgian cattle hormone mafia.” During a transaction, an illegal growth hormone dealer and a police informer face each other in a crime investigation. But then a dark and unsettling story about loyalty and friendship unfolds through their tormented past as childhood friends.
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By MICHAËL R. ROSKAM
JEROEN PERCEVAL JEANNE DANDOy BARBARA SARAFIAN SAM LOUWyCK
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CREDITSOriginal title: Rundskop
Director: Michaël R. RoskamCast: Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeroen Perceval,
Barbara Sarafian, Jeanne Dandoy, Tibo Vandenborre, Sam Louwyck
Original screenplay: Michaël R. RoskamPhotography: Nicolas Karakatsanis
Editing: Alain DessauvageSound: Benoit De Clerck
Music: Raf Keunen
FORMATOriginal version: Dutch, French
Running time: 126’Format: 35mm, 2.35 (scope), Dolby Digital, Colour
Year of production: 2011
PRODUCTIONProduction company: Savage Film
Flemish producer: Bart Van LangendonckCo-producers: Peter Bouckaert (Eyeworks),
Patrick Quinet (Artémis Productions), Jan Van der Zanden (Waterland Film)
Supported by: Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Bruxellimage, CCA, NFF, MEDIA
INFO Savage FilmBart Van LangendonckSquare Sans Souci 2BE-1050 BrusselsBelgium/EU M +32 (0)476 55 11 [email protected] www.savagefilm.be
SALESCelluloid Dreams 2, rue Turgot75009 ParisFrance/EUT +33 (0)1 49 70 03 70F +33 (0)1 49 70 03 [email protected]
www.bullheadthefilm.com
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR Michaël R. Roskam
After obtaining his Master degree in sciptwriting and development at the Binger Film Lab in 1995, Michaël R. Roskam (1972) made several well-received shorts such as Haun (2002), Carlo (2004) and The One Thing To Do (2005). Today, he also teaches at the St. Lukas Film Academy in Brussels.‘Bullhead is a film about people being driven to extremes,’ the director says. ‘It is not about cowboys and Indians, about good or evil, but about how seemingly small events can sometimes have huge consequences for the people involved. Their fate is also their destiny.’
ABOUT THE PRODUCER Savage Film
Bart Van Langendonck launched Savage Film in 2007. It is associated to Eyeworks Film & TV Drama in Belgium. Always daring or playful, the company’s projects often balance on the boundaries of genres, be it fiction, documentary or art. Directors Savage Film works with include Wim Vandekeybus, Frank Theys, Bram Van Paesschen, Mike Figgis, Pascal Poissonnier, Patrice Toye, Vincent Coen, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, and many others.Besides Bullhead, Savage Film will also present director Fleur Boonman’s feature debut Portable Life in 2011. ©
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Bullhead is a crime drama about gangsters and farmers, set against the backdrop of the Belgian cattle hormones mafia.Young cattle farmer Jacky Vanmarsenille (Matthias Schoenaerts) is approached by an unscrupulous veterinarian to make a shady deal with a notorious beef trader. But the assassination of a federal policeman and an unexpected confrontation with a mysterious secret from his past set in motion a chain of events with far-reaching consequences.Bullhead is an exciting tragedy about fate, lost innocence and friendship, about crime and punishment, but also about conflicting desires and the irreversibility of a man’s destiny.