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Racer and the Jailbird

Original title: Le fidèle
  • 20172017
  • RR
  • 2h 10m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
5K
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Matthias Schoenaerts and Adèle Exarchopoulos in Racer and the Jailbird (2017)
Set against the background of a brutal crime gang in Brussels, a tragic love story between Gigi (Matthias Schoenaerts), a high-flying gangster, and Bibi (Adèle Exarchopoulos), a young racing driver with very upper-class roots.
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Set against the background of a brutal crime gang in Brussels, a tragic love story between Gigi, a high-flying gangster, and Bibi, a young racing driver with very upper-class roots.Set against the background of a brutal crime gang in Brussels, a tragic love story between Gigi, a high-flying gangster, and Bibi, a young racing driver with very upper-class roots.Set against the background of a brutal crime gang in Brussels, a tragic love story between Gigi, a high-flying gangster, and Bibi, a young racing driver with very upper-class roots.
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
5K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Michaël R. Roskam
  • Writers
    • Thomas Bidegain
    • Noé Debré
    • Michaël R. Roskam
  • Stars
    • Matthias Schoenaerts
    • Adèle Exarchopoulos
    • Eric De Staercke
Top credits
  • Director
    • Michaël R. Roskam
  • Writers
    • Thomas Bidegain
    • Noé Debré
    • Michaël R. Roskam
  • Stars
    • Matthias Schoenaerts
    • Adèle Exarchopoulos
    • Eric De Staercke
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 26User reviews
    • 76Critic reviews
    • 50Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 7 wins & 9 nominations

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    Matthias Schoenaerts and Adèle Exarchopoulos in Racer and the Jailbird (2017)
    Adèle Exarchopoulos in Racer and the Jailbird (2017)
    Racer and the Jailbird (2017)
    Racer and the Jailbird (2017)
    Racer and the Jailbird (2017)
    Racer and the Jailbird (2017)
    Matthias Schoenaerts and Adèle Exarchopoulos in Racer and the Jailbird (2017)
    Matthias Schoenaerts in Racer and the Jailbird (2017)
    Matthias Schoenaerts and Adèle Exarchopoulos in Racer and the Jailbird (2017)
    Matthias Schoenaerts and Adèle Exarchopoulos in Racer and the Jailbird (2017)
    Matthias Schoenaerts and Adèle Exarchopoulos in Racer and the Jailbird (2017)
    Matthias Schoenaerts and Adèle Exarchopoulos in Racer and the Jailbird (2017)

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    Matthias Schoenaerts
    Matthias Schoenaerts
    • Gigi Vanoirbeek
    Adèle Exarchopoulos
    Adèle Exarchopoulos
    • Bibi Delhany
    Eric De Staercke
    Eric De Staercke
    • Freddy Delhany
    Jean-Benoît Ugeux
    Jean-Benoît Ugeux
    • Serge Flamand
    Nabil Missoumi
    • Younes Bouhkris
    Thomas Coumans
    • Bernard 'Nardo' Delhany
    Nathalie Van Tongelen
    Nathalie Van Tongelen
    • Sandra
    Fabien Magry
    • Eric Lejeune
    Sam Louwyck
    Sam Louwyck
    • Prison manager
    Stefaan Degand
    Stefaan Degand
    • Bank manager
    Kerem Can
    • Bezne
    Serge Riaboukine
    Serge Riaboukine
    • Monsieur Assa
    Aïcha Cissé
    • Female police officer 2
    Frédéric Clou
    • L'inspecteur
    Vincenzo De Jonghe
    Vincenzo De Jonghe
    • Police Officer 1
    Phil Henrion
    • Van driver
    Gianni La Rocca
    • Mike
    Philippe Legros
    • Banker
    • Director
      • Michaël R. Roskam
    • Writers
      • Thomas Bidegain
      • Noé Debré
      • Michaël R. Roskam
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      When the project was announced in 2012, it would be "a film noir about a criminal gang in Brussels in the late 1980s". After Adèle Exarchopoulos was cast in 2015, it became an "amour-noir", a tragic love story between a gangster and a racing car driver.

    User reviews26

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    Top review
    3/10
    Cliché overload
    I paid 1 euro to see this film. Still too much money.

    The first third of the movie is promising. There are impressive scenes and stunts. A twist I didn't see coming in the shape of a character who was not at all what she seemed. It's (mostly) engaging as it works towards a climax. After that, the story is as stagnant as the lives of the main characters.

    Where at first I was waiting for the female lead to come to her senses, as the movie progresses it becomes clear neither of the lead characters have any sense. They are two-dimensional and boring. Cliché is heaped upon cliché to propel the story forward. Except it doesn't, it just turns the movie into a weird mix of crime- and melodrama with a whiff of kitchen sink realism.

    It seems like the filmmaker wanted to tell a story of obsessional love. But since there is no substance to the relationship of the couple the entire movie revolves around, there is no substance to the film. Every sex scene (supposedly to show their passion for each other) consists of Schoenaerts mechanically drilling his much younger co-star. They have nothing to talk about and the sex only gets him off. How is that any motivation for the girl to turn herself into a self-sacrificing saint? How is that guy worth her or my time? (And did the women's lib movement skip Belgium?)

    Another theme in the movie is the tragic, abusive background of Schoenaerts' character. How he himself can't explain his own actions. It all reeks of literary movements like determinism and naturalism. As if he can't help it, it's his background that turned him into a criminal. It could have been excellent material to flesh out a character. Instead it just leads to Schoenaerts making the same face over and over again. If you're going to make a movie about dynamic characters robbing banks and racing cars maybe next time don't mix it with a tale of pre-determined fate that has people stuck like a hamster in a wheel. One pretty much cancels out the other.

    The movie looks much better than most movies that come out of the Netherlands (good for you, Belgium). There were definitely people involved who knew what they were doing in terms of the look of the movie, the action sequences, the locations, the way the camera is handled. But ultimately this is a crap story that wastes the talent of its cast and crew.
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    • Nov 21, 2017

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 4, 2018 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Belgium
      • France
      • Netherlands
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • Dutch
      • French
    • Also known as
      • The Faithful
    • Filming locations
      • Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder, Belgium
    • Production companies
      • Savage Film
      • Stone Angels
      • Kaap Holland Film
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • €8,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $46,337
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,513
      • May 6, 2018
    • Gross worldwide
      • $400,026
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 10 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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