Disney’s Star Distribution Picks Up Latin American Rights to Venice, Toronto, San Sebastian Player ‘Kill The Jockey’ (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comJamie Lang Disney’s Star Distribution has struck a deal with U.K. sales agent Protagonist Pictures for the rights to Luis Ortega’s Venice, Toronto and San Sebastian player “Kill the Jockey.” The film will be released theatrically in Argentina on Sept.
26 and will later be streamed on Disney+ across Latin America. Already confirmed for a Venice world premiere and Toronto Centerpiece screening, the film was included in San Sebastian’s Horizontes Latinos lineup, announced earlier today.
Along with today’s announcement, it was confirmed that Ortega and the film’s principal cast will attend the Basque festival. “Kill the Jockey” is the story of Remo Manfredini, a legendary jockey whose self-destructive behavior threatens to overshadow his talent and ruin his relationship with his girlfriend, Abril.
On the day of a race that could help him clear his debts to a mob boss, Remo has a traumatic accident and is hospitalized. After disappearing from the facility, he wanders the streets of Buenos Aires as the mob looks to track him down, dead or alive.
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