Palio Soundtrack (2015)
Synopsis
Twice a year, the Italian city of Siena goes crazy for the oldest horse race in the world: the Palio. It's not your average race: strategy, bribery and corruption play as important a role as the skill of the riders. Horses are assigned by lot four days before the race. This is when the madness really begins. In the eye of the storm are the riders. Loved and hated by the districts they represent, they forge alliances and make deals that promise large sums of money to try to get the best start. Legendary driver Gigi Bruschelli has won 13 Palios in 16 years and critics accuse him of monopolizing the race. He works the system, paying the younger jockeys and fixing the race with average horses. Two races away from breaking the world record, Bruschelli will do anything to win. But a jockey stands in his way, his former apprentice, a handsome young Sardinian, Giovanni Atzeni, who is determined to challenge his former mentor. Less interested in bribery and collusion, he rides for the love of...
