El jockey
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The dryly comical, surreal Argentine drama El jockey by Luis Ortega feels like a dream. Or a nightmare. The viewer can choose.
During the most important race of his life, things go wrong: Remo causes a tragic accident in which one of the most valuable horses is killed. He himself is seriously injured. When he regains consciousness in the hospital, he flees. With bandages still around his head, he assumes a new identity and wanders the streets of Buenos Aires, on the run from Sirena.
It is the new film by Luis Ortega, the leading Argentine director known for his poetically charged and visually intense style. Ortega made his international breakthrough with El ángel (2018), which was selected for the Cannes Film Festival and, like El Jockey, was submitted for the Oscars. With El Jockey, Ortega presents a tragicomic study of fame, alienation, and identity. Nahuel Pérez Biscayart plays a former sports hero searching for himself, and Úrsula Corberó (Tokio in La casa de papel) plays his lover and rival. The film premiered in competition at the Venice Film Festival and won the Horizontes Latinos Award in San Sebastián, among others.
- Direction
- Luis Ortega
- Cast
- Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Úrsula Corberó
- Duration
- 96 min
- RELEASE
- Thu 11 Sep
- Year
- 2025
- Country
- Argentina, Spain, Mexico, Denmark, USA
- Language
- Spanish
- Subtitles
- Dutch