JCVD (film)

JCVD
Theatrical release poster
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
Production companies	Gaumont Film Company RTBF
Distributed by	Gaumont Distribution (France) Peace Arch Entertainment (USA/Canada)
Release date	4 June 2008 (2008-06-04)
Running time	96 minutes
Countries	Belgium France Luxembourg
Languages	French English
Budget	$12 million[1]
Box office	$2.3 million[2]

JCVD^[3] is a 2008 crime drama film directed by French Tunisian film director Mabrouk el Mechri, and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as a 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 was Van Damme's first movie to receive a wide theatrical release since Universal Soldier: The Return (1999).^[4] Despite performing poorly at the box office, the film received general critical acclaim.