Oscars: Argentina Submits Luis Ortega’s ‘Kill The Jockey’ To Best International Feature Film Race
deadline.comArgentina has selected Luis Ortega’s latest flick Kill The Jockey as its candidate for the Best International Feature Film category at the 97th Academy Awards.
The announcement was made yesterday by the Argentine Film Academy. Kill the Jockey debuted in competition at this year’s Venice Film Festival before going on to screen at TIFF.
Nahuel Pérez Biscayart stars in the absurdist comedy as a legendary jockey whose self-destructive behaviour is beginning to outshine his talent and threaten his relationship with his girlfriend Abril (Úrsula Corberó).
On the day of the most important race of his career that will clear him of his debts from mobster boss Sirena (Daniel Gimenez Cacho), he has a severe accident, disappears from the hospital and wanders the streets of Buenos Aires.
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