Title: Lean on Pete
Original Title: Lean on Pete
Year: 2017
Info
- Country: UK
- Length: 121 Minutes (2 hours 1 min)
- Genre: Adventure Drama
- Studios: The Bureau
- Distributor: Diamond Films
- Age rating: 15 (Suitable only for 15 years and over)
Release Dates
- UK: May 04 2018
- United States: March 30 2018
Plot
Adaptation of the novel by Willy Vlautin.
English film what tells the story of Charley Thompson (Charlie Plummer) a 15-year-old boy who has left his mother. He moves to Portland with his father to find a better future. The young man will accept a summer job taking care of a racehorse called Lean in Pete. Once the summer and competition ends, Charley will want to save his new home and his inseparable friend from his fate.
Andrew Haigh ('45 years') directs the film and adapts the script of Willy Vlautin's novel.
The cast is made up of Charlie Plummer (All the money in the world, King Jack), Steve Buscemi ('Big boys', 'Armageddon'), Travis Fimmel ('Vikings', 'Warcraft: The origin'), among others.
Cast
Director:
Dallas
Bonnie
Silver
Lonnie
Videos
February 8 2018
Photos
Trivia
The kings
Director Andrew Haigh has referred to Steve Buscemi and Chloë Sevigny as "the king and queen of American independent cinema," respectively.
Tribute
There is an actual race horse called Lean On Pete, registered in Ireland.
Rol change
Chloë Sevigny revealed that she was originally approached to play Charley's aunt, but her agent fought for her to play Bonnie because the latter character is a larger role with "more [for Sevigny] to sink her teeth into."
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