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Racer and the Jailbird

2017 130 min ★ 5.9 Crime, Drama, Romance

When Gino meets racing driver Bénédicte, it's love at first sight. But Gino has a secret. The kind of secret that can endanger their lives.

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Cast

Matthias Schoenaerts

Gino 'Gigi'

Adèle Exarchopoulos

Bénédicte 'Bibi'

Éric De Staercke

Freddy

Jean-Benoît Ugeux

Serge

Nabil Missoumi

Younes

Fabien Magry

Eric 'Le Chauve'

Gianni La Rocca

Mike 'Le Râble'

Thomas Coumans

Bernard 'Nardo'

Nathalie Van Tongelen

Sandra / Géraldine

Anaëlle Potdevin

Stéphanie

Details

Director

Michaël R. Roskam

Status

Released

Original Language

Budget

$9,229,904

Production

Savage Film, Stone Angels, Kaap Holland Film, Submarine, Frakas Productions, Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la FWB

Reviews

Stephen Campbell

April 26, 2019

★ 5/10

**_What a shambles_** [contains spoilers] > Racer and the Jailbird _is a fictional tale of love and crime, of desire and failure. A love tragedy, or better, an_ Amour Noir_. I consider_ Racer and the Jailbird _to be the second part of my crime trilogy. Each part is freely based on a particular moment in Belgian criminal history. For_ Bullhead_, my source of inspiration was the hormone mafia. Th...