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Release Date: 2008

Cast: Zinedine Soualem, Karim Belkhadra, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Anne Paulicevich, Jean-François Wolff, François Damiens

Categories: Movies, Crime Fiction, Parody, Crime Comedy, Indie, World cinema, Action, Action/Adventure, Comedy

JCVD is a 2008 Belgian crime drama film directed by French Tunisian director Mabrouk El Mechri, and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as semi fictionalized version of himself, a down and out action star whose family and career are crumbling around him as he is caught in the middle of a post office heist in his hometown of Brussels, Belgium. The film was screened on 4 June 2008 in Belgium and France, at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival (Midnight Madness), and at the Adelaide Film Festival on 20 February 2009. It was distributed by Peace Arch Entertainment from Toronto and opened in... MORE

JCVD is a 2008 Belgian crime drama film directed by French Tunisian director Mabrouk El Mechri, and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as semi fictionalized version of himself, a down and out action star whose family and career are crumbling around him as he is caught in the middle of a post office heist in his hometown of Brussels, Belgium. The film was screened on 4 June 2008 in Belgium and France, at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival (Midnight Madness), and at the Adelaide Film Festival on 20 February 2009. It was distributed by Peace Arch Entertainment from Toronto and opened in New York and select cities on 7 November 2008. The film establishes Jean-Claude Van Damme playing himself as an out-of-luck actor. He is out of money; his agent cannot find him a decent production; and the judge in a custody battle is inclined to give custody of his daughter over to his ex-wife. He returns to his childhood home of Schaarbeek in the Brussels capitol region, Belgium, where he is still considered a national icon. When he goes into a post office to receive a wire transfer, he ends up arguing with the bank teller just as, coincidentally, the bank is robbed. As he turns he is pistol LESS