Lean on Pete is a 2017 British 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 who begins to work at a stable and befriends an ailing 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 by Charlie 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 Artificial Eye.
Plot
Charley, a 15-year-old living with his single father, finds casual work caring for an aging racehorse named Lean On Pete. When his father dies, making him likely to go into care, and he learns Pete is bound for slaughter, Charley and the racehorse embark on an odyssey across the new American frontier in search of a long lost aunt.
Cast
Charlie Plummer as Charley Thompson, Ray’s son
Travis Fimmel as Ray Thompson, Charley’s father
Chloë Sevigny as Bonnie, a jockey
Steve Buscemi as Del Montgomery, a horse trainer
Steve Zahn as Silver
Amy Seimetz as Lynn, Ray’s love interest
Alison Elliott as Aunt Margy
Justin Rain as Mike
Lewis Pullman as Dallas
Frank Gallegos as Santiago
Julia Prud’homme as Ruby
Kurt Conroyd as Nurse
Bob Olin as Mr. Kendall
Teyah Hartley as Laurie
Rachael Perrell Fosket as Martha
Jason Rouse as Mitch
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