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Bullhead (2011) - Movie Details

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Release Date: February 17, 2012 (Limited)
On DVD: June 26, 2012
Genre: Foreign, Drama, Suspense
Director: Michael R. Roskam
Writer: Michael R. Roskam
Cast: Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeroen Perceval, Barbara Sarafian, Jeanne Dandoy, Tibo Vandenborre
Studio: Drafthouse Films
Official site: drafthousefilms.com/film/bullhead
Running Time: 124 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for some strong violence, language and sexual content

Perhaps the year's most stunning international debut, Michael R. Roskam's "Bullhead" is a harrowing tale of revenge, redemption and fate. Domineering cattle farmer Jacky Vanmarsenille (Matthias Schoenaerts in a ferocious breakout performance), 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...

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Foreign films are cool. Because they're foreign, and they speak foreign languages, and they have plots you'd never see in America, like Bullhead, about a steroid-fueled cattle farmer named Jacky Vanmarsenille who gets involved with a criminal meat trader (those exist?) and is forced to face his tragic childhood as federal agents begin to investigate an assassination of one of their colleagues... Who comes up with this stuff?

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