Lean on Pete
Synopsis
Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson wants a home, food on the table and a high school he can attend for more than part of the year. As the son of a single father working in warehouses across the Pacific Northwest, stability is hard to find. Hoping for a new start they move to Portland, Oregon where Charley takes a summer job, with a washed-up horse trainer, and befriends a failing racehorse named Lean on Pete.
Adapted from Willy Vlautin’s acclaimed novel 'Lean on Pete'.
SL original entry
Official Selection Venice Film Festival 2017 - In Competition - World premiere
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2017 - Special Presentations
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - Official Competition
Official Selection Rotterdam International Film Festival 2018
Details
- Year
- 2017
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 121 mins
- Director
- Andrew Haigh
- Producer
- Tristan Goligher
- Executive Producer
- Lizzie Francke, Ben Roberts, Daniel Battsek, Sam Lavender, David Kosse, Vincent Gadelle, Darren Demetre
- Editor
- Jonathan Alberts
- Screenwriter
- Andrew Haigh (screenplay), Willy Vlautin (novel)
- Director of Photography
- Magnus Nordenhof Jønck
- Production Designer
- Ryan Warren Smith
- Sound
- Supervising Sound Editor: Joakim Sundström
- Music
- Music Supervisor: Connie Farr
- Principal Cast
- Charlie Plummer, Chloë Sevigny with Travis Fimmel and Steve Buscemi
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 23rd January 2018
