Screening 3: Thursday, April 10, 2025
EL JOCKEY / KILL THE JOCKEY (2024)
Director: Luis Ortega
Country: Argentina
Release Year: 2024
Genre: Crime Drama
Language: Spanish
Runtime: 96 min
Synopsis: Remo Manfredini is a legendary jockey whose self-destructive behavior is beginning to outshine his talent and threaten his relationship with his girlfriend, Abril. On the day of the most important race of his career, which will clear his debt to his boss, the mobster Sirena, he has a severe accident, disappears from the hospital, and wanders the streets of Buenos Aires. Freed from his identity, he starts to discover who he is truly meant to be. But Sirena wants Remo found, dead or alive.
Awards:
Edipo Re Award – Venice International Film Festival, 2024
Horizontes Latinos Award – San Sebastián Film Festival 2024
WATCH THIS FILM ON 4/10 @ 5PM
Co-sponsored by the Department of Film and Media Studies, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. This year’s festival includes screened materials selected and provided in collaboration with the undergraduate courses Spanish 186: Juan Rulfo and Spanish 160: Luso-Hispanic Film.
We gratefully acknowledge the UCI Humanities Center for making this event possible through the Building Intellectual Community grant.
This event is FREE and Open to the Public.