Racer and the Jailbird

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Racer and the Jailbird

2017

2h 10m

5.9(190 votes)

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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Production Companies

Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la FWB

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Cast & Crew

42 members

Acting

Matthias Schoenaerts

Gino 'Gigi'

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Adèle Exarchopoulos

Bénédicte 'Bibi'

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Éric De Staercke

Freddy

Directing

Jean-Benoît Ugeux

Serge

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Nabil Missoumi

Younes

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Fabien Magry

Eric 'Le Chauve'

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Gianni La Rocca

Mike 'Le Râble'

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Thomas Coumans

Bernard 'Nardo'

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Nathalie Van Tongelen

Sandra / Géraldine

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Anaëlle Potdevin

Stéphanie

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Arben Bajraktaraj

Andreï

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Gaël Maleux

Jean

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Kerem Can

Benze

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Sam Louwyck

Prison Manager

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Evgeniy Makarov

Esto

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Regiep Ahmetaj

Adjoint Esto

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Bart Dezdari

Albanais cagoulé 1

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Begir Memeti

Albanais cagoulé 2

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Hajrije Ahmetaj

Vieille albanaise

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Corentin Lobet

Superflic

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Stefaan Degand

Goldenboy

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Vincenzo De Jonghe

Male police officer

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Aïcha Cissé

Female police officer

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Serge Riaboukine

Monsieur Assa

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Angelo Dello Spedale

Italien

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Besnik Limani

Rico albanais prison

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Sofie Sente

Médecin

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Sandrine Desmet

Infirmière de Bibi

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Bashkim Topojani

Turc

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Frédéric Clou

L'inspecteur

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Bart Cambier

Juge

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Charley Pasteleurs

Marshall

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Christine Verheyden

Bank Employee

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Annette Gatta

Infirmière fertilité

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Igor van Dessel

Gino - 1984

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François Neycken

Geoffrey - 1984

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Marcha Van Boven

Jennifer - 1984

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Directing

Frederic Mosbeux

Homme costume blanc - 1984

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Alain Fryns

Policier - 1984

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Claire Beugnies

Petite amie Younes

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Aurore Fattier

Petite amie Mike

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Lut Havet

Journaliste

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