El Jockey (Kill The Jockey) - English subtitled
The Argentine Oscar submission is a tragicomic drama full of absurd humour about a jockey who, after a disastrous horse race, flees from his criminal creditors and assumes a new identity.
Remo Manfredini is a legendary jockey, but his self-destructive behaviour 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 him of his debts from his mobster boss Sirena, he has a severe accident, disappears from the hospital, and wanders the streets of Buenos Aires – dressed as a woman, calling herself Dolores. Free from his identity, he starts to discover who he is truly meant to be. But Sirena wants him found, dead or alive. What follows is a dreamlike immersion into the unstable identity of a fugitive whose life cycle has been altered, seemingly forever.
El Jockey is a delirious film in which style, set design, music and dance play at least as important a role as the story. The result is an absurd journey of discovery in a world that will be unfamiliar to many. (source: Venice International Film Festival, adapted)