Lean on Pete

"You can’t get anywhere on your own"

May 4 2018 R 2h 1m
Drama

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.

Official Trailer
Plot

The film follows fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson. He 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.

Written by

Andrew Haigh, Willy Vlautin

Directed by

Andrew Haigh

Cast

Charlie Plummer, Amy Seimetz, Travis Fimmel

Crew

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Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

Film4 Productions, The Bureau, BFI Film Fund

Languages

English

Awards

11 wins & 18 nominations

Trailers
Official Trailer
Film4 Trailer
Featurettes
"Travis Fimmel on Ray Thompson"
Behind the Scenes
Andrew Haigh and Charlie Plummer Interview (Build Series)
Travis Fimmel Interview (KTLA 5)
Andrew Haigh Interview [Audio] (Flickering Myth)
BFI London Film Festival 2017 Q&A
Andrew Haigh Interview (Groucho Reviews)
Andrew Haigh Interview (Kermode and Mayo)
"Andrew Haigh on exploring loneliness in Lean on Pete" (HeyUGuys)
Scores
# of Votes
14,810
Average Rating
7.1 out of 10
Metascore
80
Popularity
NA