Jockey

[Opens Jan. 28 in theaters.] Striking cinematography and score highlight Clint Bentley's well-written, award-winning, moving, gritty, superbly acted, realistic, 99-minute film in which an aging, successful, struggling, stubborn, Arizona jockey (Clifton Collins Jr.), who is suffering from numerous injuries and physical ailments, dreams of winning one more horserace for his longtime stable owner and horse trainer (Molly Parker) before his career comes to a close, and when an aspiring, greenhorn jockey (Moisés Arias) shows up purporting to be his son, he decides to take on the role of mentor and trainer to show him the ropes.
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