JCVD (film)
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| Directed by | Mabrouk el Mechri |
| Written by | Frédéric Bénudis Mabrouk el Mechri Christophe Turpin |
| Produced by | Sidonie Dumas Fiszman Marc Patrick Quinet Jani Thiltges Jean-Claude Van Damme Arlette Zylberberg |
| Starring | Jean-Claude Van Damme François Damiens Zinedine Soualem |
| Cinematography | Pierre-Yves Bastard |
| Edited by | Kako Kelber |
| Music by | Gast Waltzing |
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| Distributed by | Gaumont Distribution (France) Peace Arch Entertainment (North America) |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Countries | Belgium France Luxembourg |
| Languages | French English |
| Budget | $12 million |
| Box office | $2.3 million |
JCVD is a 2008 satirical black comedy crime drama film co-written and directed by Mabrouk el Mechri, and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as a 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, 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 was Van Damme's first movie to receive a wide theatrical release since Universal Soldier: The Return (1999). Despite performing poorly at the box office, the film received general positive reviews; Van Damme's performance received critical acclaim.