Blue is the Warmest Color star Adèle Exarchopoulos is back this year, starring alongside Matthias Schoenaerts in Michaël R. Roskam’s The Drop follow-up Racer and the Jailbird, recently picked up by the newly-launched distribution company Neon. The first teaser for the French-language, Belgian-set romantic thriller from the director of Bullhead has now arrived.
Hailing from France, where it will be released in November under the title Le Fidèle (aka The Faithful), the first preview paints a Bonnie and Clyde-esque thriller in the world of racing and gangsterdom. Roskam is no stranger to bringing tension to his features and this looks to follow suit.
As we await a U.S. release date, check out the trailer below courtesy of Pathe.
Roskam’s highly anticipated film takes place in the fast-paced world of racing, and centers on a story of love at first sight when gangster Gino aka ‘Gigi’ (Matthias Schoenaerts) meets Benedicte aka ‘Bibi’ (Adèle Exarchopoulos), a wealthy and fearless racing driver. Gigi and Bibi fall madly in love, but with fate stacked against them their loyalties will be pushed to the limit. How much can their love endure to save what may already be lost?
Racer and the Jailbird will likely premiere this fall and is set for a release in France on November 1.