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The Racer

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A seasoned support rider experiences the most dramatic three days of his life -- and potentially the end of his career -- at the opening Irish stages of the notorious 1998 Tour de France.

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Kevin Maher The Times (UK) Dec 18, 2020
2/5
The script is undercooked and flits between formats (Is it a romance? A thriller? A sports movie?) without settling on one. Go to Full Review
Ian Freer Empire Magazine Dec 17, 2020
2/5
There is some nice insight into cycling-team practices, but overall The Racer lacks sufficient nuance, specificity and originality to nab the yellow jersey. Go to Full Review
Cath Clarke Guardian Dec 16, 2020
3/5
What the film does very well is show how doping became so normalised. Go to Full Review
Alan Zilberman Washington City Paper Mar 2, 2021
This is a sad film about the limits of the body and the rationalizations we can make when we sacrifice our integrity. Go to Full Review
Freda Cooper The People's Movies Feb 10, 2021
3/5
A morality tale/drama combo with intelligence and style and a muscular performance from Louis Talpe, it suffers from reflecting the distant central character's reluctance to engage. Go to Full Review
Brian Lloyd entertainment.ie Feb 9, 2021
3.5/5
'The Racer' makes no qualms about how brutal and how unglamorous the sport of cycling is. If anything, it revels in it. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Kieron J. Walsh

Director

Louis Talpe

Dominique Chabol

Matteo Simoni

Lupo "Tartare" Marino

Tara Lee

Dr. Lynn Brennan

Iain Glen

"Sonny" McElhone

Karel Roden

Viking

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Movie Info

Synopsis A seasoned support rider experiences the most dramatic three days of his life -- and potentially the end of his career -- at the opening Irish stages of the notorious 1998 Tour de France.
Director
Kieron J. Walsh
Producer
Yvonne Donohoe, Katie Holly
Screenwriter
Kieron J. Walsh
Distributor
Gravitas Ventures
Production Co
Calach Films, RTE, Screen Ireland, Inevitable Pictures , Eurimages Fund of the Council of Europe, Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Eurimages, Blinder Films, Screen Flanders, Caviar Films
Genre
Drama
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 18, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 18, 2020
Runtime
1h 36m
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