Racer and the Jailbird (2017)
- Original title
- Le Fidèle
- Directed by
- Michaël R. Roskam
- Genre
- drama film, crime film
- Country
- France, Belgium
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 199 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A race car driver falls in love with a gangster in Brussels. Their relationship is threatened by the criminal world he is part of.
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What happens
Racer and the Jailbird (French: Le Fidèle) is a 2017 romantic crime drama film co-written and directed by Michaël R. Roskam. It stars Matthias Schoenaerts and Adèle Exarchopoulos as a gangster and a race car driver who fall in love, but come into conflict with a brutal crime gang in Brussels. It was selected to be screened out of competition at the 74th Venice International Film Festival in 2017. It was selected as the Belgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated as a finalist. It received five nominations at the 8th Magritte Awards, including Best Flemish Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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