Lean on Pete (2018)

Directed by

Andrew Haigh

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

2h 01m

Rated

R

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 369 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A 15-year-old boy moves to the American Northwest and starts working at a horse stable. He befriends a racehorse named Lean on Pete, and their bond shapes his difficult journey.

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What happens

Lean on Pete is a 2017 British coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Andrew Haigh, based on the novel of the same name by Willy Vlautin. It stars Charlie Plummer, Chloë Sevigny, Travis Fimmel and Steve Buscemi, and follows a 15-year-old boy in the American Northwest, who begins to work at a stable and befriends a racehorse. It was screened in the main competition section of the 74th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor or Actress for Plummer. It was released in the United States on 6 April 2018, by A24, before opening in the United Kingdom on 4 May 2018, by Curzon. It received highly positive critical reviews, with praise going towards its direction, screenplay, cinematography, and Plummer's performance. The National Board of Review named it one of the ten best independent films of 2018. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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