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Kill the Jockey (2024)

Kill the Jockey poster
Original title
El jockey
Directed by
Luis Ortega
Genre
comedy drama, crime film
Country
Argentina, Mexico, Denmark, United States
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
16
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 65 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A jockey lives a chaotic life of crime and self-destruction. His world unravels as he faces the consequences of his actions.

off-kiltersurrealtensedarkly comicunpredictablevisually lushmoodypsychologically charged

What happens

Kill the Jockey (Spanish: El jockey) is a 2024 surrealist neo-noir psychological drama film co-written and directed by Luis Ortega, starring Nahuel Pérez Biscayart alongside Úrsula Corberó and Daniel Giménez Cacho. The film premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, where it competed for the Golden Lion and the Queer Lion. The film was selected as the Argentine entry for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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