C'est arrivé près de chez vous (1992)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.6/10   

Directors:

Rémy Belvaux
André Bonzel
(suite)

Writers:

Rémy Belvaux (story)
Rémy Belvaux (screenplay) ...
(suite)

Release Date:

15 janvier 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Comedie | Crime | Drame | Thriller

Accroche:

A Killer Comedy

Plot:

A camera crew follows a serial killer/thief around as he exercises his craft. He expounds on art, music...

Plot Keywords:

Heart Attack | Male Frontal Nudity | Nude Man Murdered | Eccentric | Mass Murder

Awards:

6 wins & 4 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

In defense

Ensemble

Benoît Poelvoorde	...	Ben
Jacqueline Poelvoorde-Pappaert	...	Ben's Mother
Nelly Pappaert	...	Ben's Grandmother
Hector Pappaert	...	Ben's Grandfather
Jenny Drye	...	Jenny
Malou Madou	...	Malou
Willy Vandenbroeck	...	Boby
Rachel Deman	...	Mamie Tromblon
André Laime	...	Bed-ridden Old Man
Édith Le Merdy	...	Nurse
Sylviane Godé	...	Rape Victim (Martine)
Zoltan Tobolik	...	Rape Victim's Husband
Valérie Parent	...	Valerie
Alexandra Fandango	...	Kalifa
Olivier Cotica	...	Benichou
Rémy Belvaux	...	Remy (Reporter)
André Bonzel	...	Andre (Cameraman)
Jean-Marc Chenut	...	Patrick (Sound Man #1)
Alain Oppezzi	...	Franco (Sound Man #2)
Vincent Tavier	...	Vincent (Sound Man #3)
Gina Cotica	...	Mother
Ricardo Cotica	...	Child
Pierre Vanbraekel	...	Father
Marcel Engels	...	Cameraman
Franco Piscopo	...	Sound Recordist
Venelin Poikov	...	First Postman
Alain François	...	Video Reporter
Fernaud Dubois	...	Postman
Antoine Chapelot	...	Wine Waiter
Hughes Tavier	...	Buffet Waiter
Pol Vanderwarren	...	Ben's Lawyer
Anne LaGrange	...	Journalist
Paul Bottemanne	...	Taxi Driver
Vincent Merveille	...	Boxer
Irene Gilissen	...	Lady on Train
Sabine Tavier	...	Madame Pipi
Annamaria Szomolanyiova	...	Violinist
Carlos Campo Miranda	...	Night Watchman
Pascal Lebrun	...	Featured Victim
Stephanie Aubier	...	Featured Victim
Alain Hologne	...	Featured Victim
Micheline Hologne	...	Featured Victim
Philippe Blasband	...	Featured Victim
Aldo Fostier	...	Featured Victim
Jean-Pol Cavillot	...	Featured Victim
Anny Nologne	...	Featured Victim
Elaine Leonard	...	Featured Victim
Marie Travier	...	Featured Victim
Bruno Belvaux	...	Featured Victim
Lucien Belvaux	...	Featured Victim
Jean-Claude Maschetti	...	Featured Victim
Laurence D'Hondt	...	Journalist
Daniel Tursh	...	Journalist
Benoît Mariage	...	Journalist
Emmanuelle Bada	...	Journalist
Stéphane Aubier	...	Journalist
Jean-Paul Geets	...	Malou's Customer
Clotilde Francois	...	Victim in Montage (scenes deleted)
Steven Artels	...	Victim in Montage (scenes deleted)
Bertrand Tavier	...	Victim in Montage (scenes deleted)
Bob Lens	...	Victim in Montage (scenes deleted)
Josephs Craeynest	...	Victim in Montage (scenes deleted)
Willy Van De Waele	...	Victim in Montage (scenes deleted)
Andre Kuys	...	Victim in Montage (scenes deleted)
Patrick Goisse	...	Victim in Montage (scenes deleted)

Réalisé par
Rémy Belvaux
André Bonzel
Benoît Poelvoorde

Scénaristes
Rémy Belvaux		(story)
Rémy Belvaux		(screenplay) &
André Bonzel		(screenplay) &
Benoît Poelvoorde		(screenplay) &
Vincent Tavier		(screenplay)

Produit par
Rémy Belvaux	....	producer
André Bonzel	....	producer
Benoît Poelvoorde	....	producer

Musique originale
Jean-Marc Chenut
Laurence Dufrene

Image
André Bonzel

Montage
Rémy Belvaux
Eric Dardill

Divers
Valérie Parent	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Les Artistes Anonymes

Distributors

• Acteurs Auteurs Associés (AAA) (1992) (France) (theatrical)
• Roxie Releasing (1993) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Tartan Video (1993) (UK) (video) (laserdisc)
• Criterion Collection, The (1994) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Tartan Video (1996) (UK) (video) (laserdisc)
• Criterion Collection, The (1998) (USA) (DVD)
• Siren Visual Entertainment (2001-????) (Australia) (DVD)
• Criterion Collection, The (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Criterion Collection, The (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Oro Films S.A. (????) (Spain) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production

Autre(s) titre(s) :

It Happened in Your Neighborhood (Belgium: English title)
Man Bites Dog
Man Bites Dog: It Happened in Your Neighborhood (International: English title) (informal title)

Durée:

95 min | USA:92 min (edited version)

Pays:

Belgium

Langue:

Français

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Finland:K-18 (uncut) (1993) | Finland:K-18 (cut) (1997) | USA:NC-17 (appeal) | Iceland:16 | Australia:(Banned) | Australia:R (cut) | Argentina:18 | France:-16 | Germany:18 | Ireland:(Banned) (original rating) | Ireland:18 (re-rating) | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:(Banned) | UK:18 | USA:Unrated (cut)

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Brussels, Belgium

Company:

Les Artistes Anonymes

Anecdotes:

The literal English translation for this movie is: "It took place close to your home."

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Ben plays the piano, his hands play out of sync with the music.

Guillemet:

Ben: Once I buried two Arabs in a wall over there... Facing Mecca, of course.

Movie Connections:

References "Saint Seiya" (1986)

In defense

This movie is a piece of art: shocking and disturbing, while at the same time funny as hell in a raw "should-I-be-laughing-or-should-I-be-ashamed" kind of way.

It gives an insight in the very realistically portrayed life of Ben, a serial killer with an impressionable charisma.

Most people who commented on this film either love it or hate it. The division seems mostly geographical though: most Americans can't seem to understand the tongue-in- cheekness of this movie.

Probably it has to do with the fake-documentary nature of the movie, which is clearly western-european. Anyone who has ever seen American documentaries knows they have a different pace and way of treating images. Those who are used to belgian/french/ dutch/german documentaries will recognise the style of the so-called "intimate" documentaries.

The pivotal point is the moment a relationship develops "beyond" the documentary relationship of the filmmakers and their subject (they take Ben's money to finish the movie).

When watching this movie, try to imagine that this *could* be a real movie:

documentaries about terrorists, drugdealers, and even mercenaries (the closest thing to an actual serial killer) have been made, and some of them were very close to their subject.

It is *not* a "black comedy" in the classical sense of the word; more like a "Clockwork Orange" for the nineties. Where "A Clockwork Orange" bathed in the design of the seventies, this movie bathes in the "larger-than-life" invasiveness of modern-day reality-tv-style television. Anyone who has seen shows like "cops" or "Big Brother" will know what I'm talking about. It asks the big documentary question: in how far does the observed change the observer? It makes a statement, not about violence, but about the observer of violence. The way it is portrayed shows the art of the (very low-budget) crew: it grips your guts without fancy effects or gory protrayal of gore: it shows fear, despair and psychological emptyness, by showing emotions! This should be recommended viewing (and debating) to anyone making documentary films.