Racer and the Jailbird

Racer and the Jailbird
A man looks to the left, beneath him is a masked man holding a machine gun. A line vertically divides the poster. A woman is looking right, beneath her a line of race cards
Theatrical release poster
FrenchLe Fidèle
LiterallyThe Faithful
Directed byMichaël R. Roskam
Written by
Produced by
  • Bart Van Langendonck
  • Pierre-Ange Le Pogam
Starring
CinematographyNicolas Karakatsanis
Edited byAlain Dessauvage
Music byRaf Keunen
Production
companies
  • Stone Angels
  • Savage Film
  • Wallimage
  • Pathé
  • Wild Bunch
  • Eyeworks Film & TV Drama
  • Frakas Productions
  • Kaap Holland Film
Distributed byPathé
Release dates
  • 7 September 2017 (2017-09-07) (TIFF)
  • 4 October 2017 (2017-10-04) (Belgium)[1]
  • 1 November 2017 (2017-11-01) (France)[2]
Running time
130 minutes[3]
Countries
  • Belgium
  • France
  • Netherlands
LanguagesFrench[4]
Flemish[3]
Budget€8 million
($9.6 million)[5]
Box office$401,429[6][7]

Racer and the Jailbird (French: Le Fidèle) is a 2017 drama film directed by Michaël R. Roskam, starring Matthias Schoenaerts and Adèle Exarchopoulos. A gangster and a racing car driver fall in love, set against the background of a brutal crime gang in Brussels. It was selected to be screened out of competition at the 74th Venice International Film Festival in 2017.[8] It was selected as the Belgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[9] It received five nominations at the 8th Magritte Awards, including Best Flemish Film.[10]

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  2. ^ "Le Fidèle". AlloCiné (in French). Webedia. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b "RACER AND THE JAILBIRD | British Board of Film Classification". www.bbfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Berlin was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Racer and the Jailbird". Screen Flanders. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Le Fidèle (2017) - Financial Information". The Numbers.
  7. ^ "Racer & the Jailbird". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  8. ^ Anderson, Ariston (27 July 2017). "Venice Competition Includes Films From George Clooney, Guillermo del Toro, Darren Aronofsky". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  9. ^ Keslassy, Elsa (25 August 2017). "Belgium's 'Racer and the Jailbird' to Vie for Foreign-Language Oscar Nomination". Variety. Penske Business Media. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  10. ^ Degré, Michaël (11 January 2018). "Magrittes 2018: vers un match Streker-Belvaux?". L'Avenir (in French). Retrieved 16 January 2018.