Lean on Pete
2017, Film, 121 min, Adventure, Drama, Sport, English, United Kingdom, MoviePedia score 69
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.
Directed by Andrew Haigh
Cast
- Charlie Plummer as Charley
- Amy Seimetz as Lynn
- Travis Fimmel as Ray
- Steve Buscemi as Del
- Jason Beem as Race Announcer
- Tolo Tuitele as Lynn's Husband
- Ayanna Berkshire as Cop 1
- Connor Brenes as Cop 2
- Kurt Conroyd as Nurse
- Chloë Sevigny as Bonnie
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