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‘Kill the Jockey’ Director on ‘Wild World’ of Horse-Racing, and His Next Film, About a ‘Crack-Smoking Priest in Bolivia’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Luis Ortega's absurdist comedy 'Kill the Jockey,' which plays in Venice competition, is set in Argentina's horse-racing community: 'It's a wild world.'
The central character, Remo Manfredini, is clearly psychologically damaged – abusing drugs and alcohol to the extent that we see him fall off his horse even before it leaves the gate – but nonetheless he retains the self-possession and panache of a matador. “There is a lot of pride in that attitude,” says the Argentine filmmaker, whose previous film “El Angel,” about a baby-faced killer, premiered in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard. Luis Ortega, second from left, with cast members Mariana di Girolamo, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart and Úrsula Corberó at the “Kill the Jockey” photocall in Venice.
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