Lads & Jockeys

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  • Opened December 2, 2011 
  • 1 hr 40 min
  • NR

  • In a small village near Paris, 14-year-old boys and girls enter the training center for future lads and jockeys. For these young pupils, the transition between the family environment and this new world is brutal. Though sharing the world of teenagers – flirting, cell phones and PlayStation – they enter a world where the comfort of the horses comes before that of the human.
    Note: In French with English subtitles Full synopsis

  • Director: Benjamin Marquet
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Documentary

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Variety
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A must for the equine-inclined, and a candid look at fearful ambition. Read full review

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Village Voice
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Director Benjamin Marquet mingles black-and-white footage of students past with that of his current focus - three 14-year-olds in their first year of a jockey apprenticeship - to build a sense of specificity and continuum into a timeless passage. Read full review

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The A.V. Club
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By giving the boys onscreen room to be goofy and immature, Marquet makes the film something warmer than a formal study in discipline and being made to grow up before their time. Read full review

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Slant Magazine
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Half-formed expressions of disappointment, hope, struggle, confusion, and boyish playfulness on faces otherwise marked by youth's inexperience, and a self-consciousness brought on by the curiosity of being filmed, constitute the most memorable moments of Lads & Jockeys, a documentary on 14-year-old aspiring jockeys in France. Read full review

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