Heeeelp ! vlc + mp4 + imovie

Someone sent me a video under sendit.com, like he did for all any other short videos under.mp4
Normally I can save it or export it on itunes / imovie / to edit, share, etc my file.
This file he sent me does not open with quicktime, it says: File is not a movie file. So I opened it with VLC but I cant export it anywhere, I cant do anything with this file.
Can u help me find what is wrong with it and how to export it to quick, imovie, itune ??
MANY THX O:)

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