Domineering cattle farmer Jacky Vanmarsenille (Matthias Schoenaerts), constantly pumped on steroids and hormones, initiates a shady deal with a notorious mafioso meat trader. When an investigating federal agent is assassinated and a woman from his traumatic past resurfaces, Jacky must confront his demons and face the far-reaching consequences of his decisions. -- (C) Drafthouse Films
Cast
Production
| Director: | Michaël R. Roskam |
| Producer: | Wilant Boekelman (co-producer) |
| Peter Bouckaert (co-producer) | |
| Alexander Djeranian (co-producer) | |
| Koji Nelissen (co-producer) | |
| Patrick Quinet (co-producer) | |
| Jan van der Zanden (co-producer) | |
| Bart Van Langendonck (producer) | |
| Carlos Bedran (associate producer: Artémis Productions) | |
| Claude Fontaine (associate producer: Artémis Productions) | |
| Stephane Quinet (line producer: Artémis Productions) | |
| Sibylle Seys Smets (associate producer: Artémis Productions) | |
| Sylvie Van Ruymbeke (assistant producer: Artémis Productions) | |
| Saskia Verboven (line producer) | |
| Writer: | Michaël R. Roskam |
Reviews for Bullhead
MSN
"Bullhead" is a stunning debut that finds gripping tragedy and bleak humor in a story of crime and punishment, anchored by an Oscar-level lead performance that's part "Raging Bull" and part "Oedipus Rex." There are several factors working together...
The A.V. Club
As with most modern gangster pictures, the plot of the Belgian import Bullhead involves illegal drugs, though Michaël R. Roskam’s low-boil thriller (an Oscar nominee this year for Best Foreign Language Film) isn’t about pot or coke or meth.
FirstShowing.net
Matthias Schoenaerts is the absolute core of Bullhead, an emotionally and psychologically driven character study and Belgium's entry to the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language film - one of the five nominees. Schoenaerts plays Jacky, a cattle farmer
Read review17 Feb 2012
Boxoffice Magazine
A bonafide hit on the festival circuit and now an Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language film, Michael R. Roskam's Bullhead is an impressively dark and well-crafted crime tale about, of all things, cattle farming and "the hormone mafia underworld."
Read review14 Feb 2012
Slant Magazine
In Bullhead, Michael R. Roskam's ham-fisted noir about meat and machismo, clear-cut comedy is delivered in the form of two bumbling cartoon car mechanics, stock jesters whose function is apparent on sight. This might seem like a minor point...
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Reviews for Bullhead
MSN
"Bullhead" is a stunning debut that finds gripping tragedy and bleak humor in a story of crime and punishment, anchored by an Oscar-level lead performance that's part "Raging Bull" and part "Oedipus Rex." There are several factors working together...
The A.V. Club
As with most modern gangster pictures, the plot of the Belgian import Bullhead involves illegal drugs, though Michaël R. Roskam’s low-boil thriller (an Oscar nominee this year for Best Foreign Language Film) isn’t about pot or coke or meth.
FirstShowing.net
Matthias Schoenaerts is the absolute core of Bullhead, an emotionally and psychologically driven character study and Belgium's entry to the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language film - one of the five nominees. Schoenaerts plays Jacky, a cattle farmer
Read review17 Feb 2012
Boxoffice Magazine
A bonafide hit on the festival circuit and now an Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language film, Michael R. Roskam's Bullhead is an impressively dark and well-crafted crime tale about, of all things, cattle farming and "the hormone mafia underworld."
Read review14 Feb 2012
Slant Magazine
In Bullhead, Michael R. Roskam's ham-fisted noir about meat and machismo, clear-cut comedy is delivered in the form of two bumbling cartoon car mechanics, stock jesters whose function is apparent on sight. This might seem like a minor point...
Filmcritic.com
Bullhead has determination to spare, and an unswerving sense of belief in its story that is admirable in a first-time writer-director. The film is shrouded in dire depression, the few daytime scenes overcast by clouds. There are a lot of tense...
Read review16 Feb 2012
Washington Post
Many terms applied to action movies - muscular, animalistic, testosterone-fueled - are literally true of "Bullhead."
Read review24 Feb 2012
Empire
Made before Rust And Bone but timed to capitalise on Schoenaerts' new-found profile among English speaking audiences, Bullhead more than deserves its run at the big screen. So does its star.
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
The first feature film directed by the Belgian Michael R. Roskan is a ferocious crime thriller that grabbed my attention and held my interest throughout. It's a blood curdling sensational character study and is like no other crime film I've seen.
Read review11 Jul 2012
Movies.com
Finally, an answer to the question "Who wants to watch a movie about a physically traumatized, steroid-addicted farmer who also works as an enforcer for the Belgian cattle hormone mafia?" That answer is, "You do."
Sacramento News & Review
Writer-director Michaël R. Roskam’s debut feature, an Oscar nominee, might be the best Beligan cattle-hormone-mafia movie you’ll ever see. That allows some leeway for general imperfections, yes, but who’d have even thought to make a character study...
Read review8 Mar 2012
TotalFilm.com
Probably the first Flemish gangster flick set in the world of the bovine-hormone mafia, Michaël R Roskam’s rural crime film is most notable for confirming Matthias Schoenaerts (Rust And Bone) as the actor you’d want for a Raging Bull remake.
Read review18 Jan 2013
Cast
| Matthias Schoenaerts | ... | Jacky Vanmarsenille |
| Jeroen Perceval | ... | Diederik Maes | |
| Barbara Sarafian | ... | Eva Forrestier |
| Jeanne Dandoy | ... | Lucia Schepers | |
| Tibo Vandenborre | ... | Antony De Greef | |
| Frank Lammers | ... | Sam Raymond | |
| Sam Louwyck | ... | Marc DeKuyper | |
| Robin Valvekens | ... | Jonge Jacky Vanmarsenille | |
| Baudoin Wolwertz | ... | Jonge Diederik Maes | |
 | David Murgia | ... | Jonge Bruno Schepers |
| Erico Salamone | ... | Christian Filippini | |
| Philippe Grand'Henry | ... | David Filippini | |
 | Kris Cuppens | ... | Jean Vanmarsenille |
| Sofie Sente | ... | Irene Vanmarsenille | |
| Kristof Renson | ... | Stieve Vanmarsenille | |
| Hein van der Heijden | ... | Renaat Maes | |
| Stefaan Degand | ... | Leon | |
| Mike Reus | ... | Charles Richter | |
| Ludmilla Klejnak | ... | Daphne | |
| Renaud Rutten | ... | Louis Schepers | |
| Jurgen Rogiers | ... | Daems | |
| Steven Sheeren | ... | BOB-inspecteur | |
| Marie-Rose Roland | ... | Moeder Schepers | |
| Jolente De Keersmaeker | ... | Rechercheur | |
| Circé Lethem | ... | Rechercheur | |
| Steve Aernouts | ... | Specialist | |
| Uwamungu Cornelis | ... | Assistent Specialist | |
| Steph Baeyens | ... | Commissaris | |
| Armand Naessens | ... | Jonge Stieve Vanmarsenille | |
| Oliver Boni | ... | Dealer | |
| Jos Geens | ... | Landbouwer | |
| Erna Vandendriessche | ... | Thérèse | |
| Urbain Ilsbroex | ... | Dokter | |
| Abdel Bellabiad | ... | Agenten | |
| Anabel Lopez | ... | Agenten | |
| Isolde Rossilion | ... | Babbie | |
| Cindy Gijsels | ... | Gastvrouw | |
| Mirco Gijsens | ... | Vriend Bruno | |
| Pieter-Jan Coenen | ... | Vriend Bruno | |
| Timothy Vanelderen | ... | Vriend Bruno | |
| Florian Vigilante | ... | Vriend Bruno | |
| Eric Remi | ... | Vriend Bruno | |
| Bert Van Nieuwenhuyse | ... | Chauffeur Vrachtwage | |
| Julie Colpaert | ... | Nieuwsreporter | |
| Birgit Van Mol | ... | Nieuwsanker | |
| Anke Vercauteren | ... | Nichtje in Bar | |
| Joelle-Chloe Edelman | ... | Vriendin in Bar | |
| Nathalie Borcard | ... | Prostituee 1 | |
| Sabrina Coppola | ... | Prostituee 2 | |
| Els Houbon | ... | Prostituee 3 | |
| Sarah Grunenwald | ... | Prostituee 4 | |
| Bill Barberis | ... | Surveillance Agent | |
| Olivier Bisback | ... | Cop in Elevator (uncredited) | |
| Olivier Bony | ... | Dealer (uncredited) | |
| Anneleen Aerts | ... | Surveillance Agent | |
| Jean-Marie LeSuisse | ... | Eddy Vanmarsenille | |
| Jeanne Remy | ... | Jonge Lucia Schepers | |
| Juda Goslinga | ... | Bruno Schepers | |
| Gael Maleux | ... | Vincent | |
| Baloji | ... | Patrick | |
| Sandro Mastronardi | ... | Lief van nichtje (uncredited) |
Production
| Director: | Michaël R. Roskam |
| Producer: | Wilant Boekelman (co-producer) |
| Peter Bouckaert (co-producer) | |
| Alexander Djeranian (co-producer) | |
| Koji Nelissen (co-producer) | |
| Patrick Quinet (co-producer) | |
| Jan van der Zanden (co-producer) | |
| Bart Van Langendonck (producer) | |
| Carlos Bedran (associate producer: Artémis Productions) | |
| Claude Fontaine (associate producer: Artémis Productions) | |
| Stephane Quinet (line producer: Artémis Productions) | |
| Sibylle Seys Smets (associate producer: Artémis Productions) | |
| Sylvie Van Ruymbeke (assistant producer: Artémis Productions) | |
| Saskia Verboven (line producer) | |
| Writer: | Michaël R. Roskam |
| Composer: | Raf Keunen |
| Cinematographer: | Nicolas Karakatsanis |
| Editing: | Alain Dessauvage |
| Casting: | Bernard Falaise |
| Meikeminne Clinckspoor | |
| Sara de Vries | |
| Benoit Luporsi | |
| Production Design: | Walter Brugmans |
| Art Director: | Walter Brugmans |
| Costume Design: | Margriet Procee |
| Makeup: | Erik Hillenbrink (prosthetic supplier) |
| Mariël Hoevenaars (makeup designer) | |
| Cindi Van Looveren (makeup artist) | |
| Frank DeClero (assistant hair stylist) | |
| Elke Nolmans (assistant hair stylist) | |
| Production Management: | Julien Melebeck (post-production supervisor) |
| Lies Staes (assistant production manager) | |
| Saskia Verboven (production manager) |
Companies
| Production Studio: | Savage Film |
| Eyeworks Film & TV Drama | |
| Waterland Film & TV |
| United States | 23 Sep 2011 | |
| Belgium | 2 Feb 2011 | |
| Netherlands | 26 May 2011 | |
| Germany | 0 Feb 2011 | |
| France | 12 Dec 2011 | |
| Sweden | 15 Nov 2011 | |
| Hungary | 12 Jul 2012 | |
| United Kingdom | 1 Feb 2013 | |
| Spain | 12 Nov 2011 | |
| Czech Republic | 1 Jul 2011 | |
 | Israel | 7 Jul 2011 |
| Canada | 1 Oct 2011 | |
| Finland | 15 Sep 2011 | |
| Greece | 22 Sep 2011 | |
| Switzerland | 30 Sep 2011 | |
| Brazil | 21 Oct 2011 | |
| Japan | 28 Jul 2012 | |
| Denmark | 4 Apr 2012 |
