Racer and the Jailbird

Racer and the Jailbird
Theatrical release poster
FrenchLe Fidèle
LiterallyThe Faithful
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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 November 2017 (2017-11-01) (France)
Running time
130 minutes
Countries
  • Belgium
  • France
  • Netherlands
LanguagesFrench
Flemish
Budget8 million
($9.6 million)
Box office$401,429

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.