JCVD is a crime-based comedy drama directed by French-Algerian director Mabrouk El Mechri, and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as 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 June 4, 2008 in Belgium and France, the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival (Midnight Madness), and at the Adelaide...
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JCVD is a crime-based comedy drama directed by French-Algerian director Mabrouk El Mechri, and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as 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 June 4, 2008 in Belgium and France, the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival (Midnight Madness), and at the Adelaide Film Festival on February 20, 2009. It was distributed by Peace Arch Entertainment from Toronto and opened in New York and select cities on November 7, 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 Brussels, the capital of Belgium, where he is still considered a national icon.
When he goes into a post...
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