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Matthias Schoenaerts is the absolute core of Bullhead, an emotionally and psychologically driven character study and Belgium’s entry to the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language film – one of the five nominees. Schoenaerts plays Jacky, a cattle farmer caught up in the crime world of illegal growth hormones, who keeps himself on a steady diet of the drugs. He’s anxious but always in a kind of haze, uncomfortable in his own skin and unable to get away from the rage, psychosis, and physical disfigurement of a horrifying, childhood event. But Jacky’s past comes back, and an inescapable chain of events lead to tragic results. ›››

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