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Original title: Palio
Year: 2015
Running time: 90 min.
Country: United Kingdom
Director: Cosima Spender
Screenwriter: John Hunt, Cosima Spender
Cast: Documentary
Music: Alex Heffes
Cinematography: Stuart Bentley
Producer: Palio Pictures. Producer: James Gay-Rees
Genre: Documentary. Drama | Horses. Horse Riding
Synopsis: Twice a year the Italian city of Siena goes crazy for the oldest horse race in the world: the Palio. Not your average race: strategy, bribery and corruption play as much a part as the skill of the riders. Horses are allocated by lot four days prior to the race. This is when the madness truly begins. In the eye of the storm stand the jockeys. Loved and loathed by the districts they represent, they forge alliances and make deals promising large cash sums to try and get the best start. Legendary rider Gigi Bruschelli has won 13 Palios in 16 years and is accused by his critics of monopolizing the race. He works the system, paying off younger jockeys and fixing the race with average horses. Two races away from beating the world record, Bruschelli will do anything to win. But one jockey stands in his way, his former trainee, a handsome young Sardinian, Giovanni Atzeni, who is quietly determined to challenge his old mentor.

Awards: 2015: British Independent Film Awards (BIFA): Nominated for Best Documentary

2015: Tribeca Film Festival: Best Editing (Documentary).

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Palio

2015

Cosima Spender