Kill the Jockey
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| Spanish | El jockey |
| Directed by | Luis Ortega |
| Written by | Fabian Casas Luis Ortega Rodolfo Palacios |
| Produced by | Charlie Cohen Benjamín Doménech Santiago Gallelli Axel Kuschevatzky Paz Lázaro Isaac Lee Luis Ortega Esteban Perroud Matias Roveda Cindy Teperman |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Timo Salminen |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
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| Language | Spanish |
Kill the Jockey (Spanish: El jockey)[1] is a 2024 sports comedy-drama thriller 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.[2][3] The film was selected as the Argentine entry for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.[4]
Premise
Jockeys Abril and Remo race for a powerful mobster named Sirena until Remo accidentally kills a valuable race horse. Abril must find Remo in Buenos Aires and bring him to safety before Sirena tracks him down.[5]
Cast
- Nahuel Pérez Biscayart as Remo Manfredini/Dolores "Lola", a jockey who faces substance use issues.
- Úrsula Corberó as Abril, Remo's pregnant girlfriend and a fellow jockey debating whether to continue her career or start a family
- Daniel Giménez Cacho as Rubén Sirena, a mobster
- Daniel Fanego[1] as Fanego, Sirena's henchman
- Osmar Núñez[1] as Luis, Sirena's henchman
- Roberto Carnaghi[1] as Oscar, Sirena's henchman
- Luis Ziembrowski[1]
- Jorge Prado[1]
- Adriana Aguirre[1]
- Mariana Di Girólamo[1] as Ana, a fellow jockey who later starts an affair with Abril
- Roly Serrano[1]
Release
In July 2024, Kill the Jockey was announced as a main competition entry at that year's Venice International Film Festival.[6] The film was also selected for screenings in the Centrepiece section of the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival and in the Horizontes Latinos section of the 72nd San Sebastián International Film Festival.[7][8]
The film has been selected for the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2024 under the World Cinema section.[9]
Latin American distribution rights for Kill the Jockey were acquired by Star Distribution in August 2024. The film will debut theatrically in Argentina on 26 September 2024 and will later be available to stream in Latin America on Disney+.[7][8] It will be released theatrically in Spain by Caramel Films.[10]
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 20 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.5/10.[11] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 67 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[12]
Leslie Felperin of The Hollywood Reporter underscored the film—otherwise described as an "equestrian-themed psychological thriller-comedy-whatsit"—to be "heavy on style, light on character".[13]
Wendy Ide of ScreenDaily declared the film "a playful, shape-shifting, questioning journey that refuses to be neatly pinned down".[14]
Guillermo Courau of La Nación rated the film 4 out of 5 stars ('very good'), writing that it is a film in which Ortega "manages to merge concerns and aesthetics in an almost perfect way".[15]
The Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences chose the film as Argentina's submission to the Academy Award for Best International Film and to the Goya Award for Best Ibero-American Film.[16]
Accolades
| Award | Ceremony date | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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| Venice International Film Festival | 7 September 2024 | Golden Lion | Kill the Jockey | Nominated | [6] |
| Premio CinemaSarà | Special Mention | [17] | |||
| Edipo Re Award | Won | ||||
| San Sebastián International Film Festival | 28 September 2024 | Horizontes Latinos Award | Won | ||
| Forqué Awards | 14 December 2024 | Best Latin-American Film | Nominated |
See also
- List of Argentine films of 2024
- List of submissions to the 97th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
- List of Argentine submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Aiello, Julieta (25 July 2024). "Así es El jockey, la nueva película de Luis Ortega con Nahuel Pérez Biscayart y Úrsula Corberó". IndieHoy.
- ^ "La argentina "El Jockey", de Luis Ortega, competirá por el León de Oro en el Festival de Venecia". eldiarioAR. 23 July 2024.
- ^ Pasquini, Mattia (12 August 2024). "Venezia 81, i film in concorso per il Queer Lion Award 2024". Ciak.
- ^ Scholz, Pablo O. (2024-09-23). "Oscar 2025: El jockey, la elegida por la Argentina para competir a la mejor película internacional". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-23.
- ^ Hopewell, John. "Ursula Corberó Starrer 'Kill The Jockey' to Film Factory, ViX (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ a b Vivarelli, Nick; Shafer, Ellise. "Venice Film Festival Lineup: 'Joker 2' With Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, Angelina Jolie's 'Maria' and Luca Guadagnino's Daniel Craig-Led 'Queer' to Debut in Competition". Variety. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ a b Lang, Jamie. "Disney's Star Distribution Picks Up Latin American Rights to Venice, Toronto, San Sebastian Player 'Kill The Jockey' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Muy pronto. El Jockey, el esperado filme de Luis Ortega, tiene fecha de estreno". La Voz del Interior. 8 August 2024.
- ^ Deb, Deepshikha (2024-09-30). "MAMI Mumbai Film Festival Unveils 2024 Official Lineup". High On Films. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ "'Los Tortuga' y 'El Jockey', la participación española en la sección Centrepiece del Festival de Toronto 2024". Audiovisual451. 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Kill the Jockey". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
- ^ "Kill the Jockey". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ Felperin, Leslie (29 August 2024). "'Kill the Jockey' Review: A Sportsman Goes Adrift in Buenos Aires in Charming but Slight Picaresque".
- ^ Ide, Wendy (29 August 2024). "'Kill The Jockey': Venice Review". ScreenDaily.
- ^ Courau, Guillermo (26 September 2024). "El Jockey: Luis Ortega juega sin reglas y entrega una película que resulta imposible pasar por alto". La Nación.
- ^ "Oscar 2025: El jockey, la elegida por la Argentina para competir a la mejor película internacional". Clarín.
- ^ "Biennale Cinema 2024 | Collateral awards of the 81st Venice Film Festival". La Biennale di Venezia. 2024-09-07. Retrieved 2024-09-08.
- ^ Lodge, Guy (28 September 2024). "San Sebastián Film Festival Award Winners (Updating Live)". Variety.
- ^ Abenia, Enrique (14 December 2024). "Palmarés completo de los Premios Forqué 2024: 'El 47' y 'Querer' hacen pleno y ganan en el 30 aniversario". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
