A steroid-fuelled cattle farmer finds that his decision to do business with the Belgian cattle-hormone mafia could have potentially deadly consequences in this brooding Belgian crime drama that was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2012 Academy Awards. Jacky makes the biggest mistake of his life when he goes into business with a nefarious meat trader with mob ties. After hearing that a federal agent was murdered while investigating the underworld meat trade and crossing paths with a woman he thought he would never see again, Jacky realizes that his only hope is to delve headlong back into his harrowing past.
Selected for the panorama section of the 61st Berlin International Film Festival, Bullhead received critical acclaim, with many critics praising Schoenaerts performance. He went on to win the best actor prize at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, with the film also being nominated for prizes at other film festivals.
*It's compelling, and Schoenaerts is a treat as this taciturn knot of
angst and muscle tone, but Michaël R Roskam's film is short on humanity
and dash*
Daily Telegraph
*This thriller about a steroid-boosting farmer lost in the moral maze of Belgium's mafia underworld is a stylish, meaty treat*
The Guardian
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Gloucester Guildhall are showing Bullhead on Monday 22nd April at 7.45pm, Tuesday 23rd April at 7.45pm and Wednesday 24th at 2pm and 7.45pm.
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