Remo Manfredini (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart) used to be a successful jockey. Now he is sitting drunk in a bar when he is woken up by his criminal boss's henchmen. This noisy funny scene opens Kill the Jockey, which is reminiscent of the drowsy laconicism of Aki Kaurismäki. Director Luis Ortega takes us into the crazy world of horse racing in today's Buenos Aires. Remo, an alcoholic and drug addict, causes a terrible accident with an expensive horse belonging to his boss Sirena, and injures himself. Sirena swears revenge and wants to eliminate Remo. The only person who wants to help the young man is his partner and fellow-jockey Abril. The young man only gets help from his girlfriend Abril, who would like to make it as a jockey herself. But her unwanted pregnancy with Remo makes her reassess her relationship with him. Kill the Jockey is a wonderfully bizarre film that witnesses its characters stumbling from one disaster to the next and develops its very own cinematic language in the process. Ortega plays with different concepts of sexuality and identity without sacrificing the playful tone of his film for clumsy theorizing. The result is a chaotically dreamy, clever puzzle about the limits of personal ambition and the longing for redemption. A fascinating cinematic experience that celebrated its world premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival.