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Racer and the Jailbird

2017 · 130 min

A slow-burning, tragic romance that wraps you in its melancholic tension, blending high-speed heists with intimate, doomed love.

Genres
Crime, Drama, Romance
Overview
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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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • crime
  • betrayal
  • grief
  • fate
Places
  • big city
  • prison
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance7
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Genres
crime, drama, romance
Directed by
Michaël R. Roskam
Written by
Michaël R. Roskam, Noé Debré, Thomas Bidegain
Starring
Matthias Schoenaerts, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Éric De Staercke, Jean-Benoît Ugeux, Nabil Missoumi, Fabien Magry, Gianni La Rocca, Thomas Coumans
Cinematography
Nicolas Karakatsanis
Runtime
130 min
Country
Belgium, France, Netherlands
Languages
Albanian, French, Dutch

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