Lean on Pete
Charley Thompson, a teenager living with his single father, gets a summer job working for horse trainer Del Montgomery. Bonding with an aging racehorse named Lean on Pete, Charley is horrified to learn he is bound for slaughter, and so he steals the horse, and the duo embark on an odyssey across the new American frontier.
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You can’t get anywhere on your own. Charley Thompson, a teenager living with his single father, gets a summer job working for horse trainer Del Montgomery. Bonding with an aging racehorse named Lean on Pete, Charley is horrified to learn he is bound for slaughter, and so he steals the horse, and the duo embark on an odyssey across the new American frontier.
Details
Directors
Andrew Haigh
Writers
Willy Vlautin, Andrew Haigh
Cast
Charlie Plummer, Amy Seimetz, Travis Fimmel, Steve Buscemi, Jason Beem, Tolo Tuitele, Ayanna Berkshire, Connor Brenes, Kurt Conroyd, Chloë Sevigny, Dennis Fitzpatrick, Rusty Tennant, Julia Prud'homme, Jason Rouse, Lewis Pullman
Production
The Bureau, Film4 Productions
Languages
English
Countries
United Kingdom
