KILL THE JOCKEY

Official Oscar© Selection, 2025-Argentina

Argentinian auteur Luis Ortega returns with Kill the Jockey, an unforgettable thriller that melds surrealism, escape and romance, against an evocative retro-aesthetic and a pop-disco soundtrack.

Once-renowned jockey Remo Manfredi (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, BPM [BEATS PER MINUTE]) has run out of track. Perpetually inebriated, hopped up on horse drugs, and in hock to a minor mafioso, Remo seems to have a death wish. His girlfriend and fellow jockey Abril (Úrsula Corberó) is pregnant, but more invested in the libidinous equestrian underworld than in their drab domestic existence. When Remo's only hope of getting out of debt goes awry, he find himself hunted by the mob and replaced in Abril's bed by the alluring Ana (Mariana Di Girolamo).