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.
LEAN ON PETE is the adaptation of Willy Vlautin’s acclaimed novel, by award winning writer-director Andrew Haigh (Weekend, 45 Years)
Cast
Charlie Plummer (King Jack)
Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire, Reservoir Dogs, Fargo)
Travis Flammel (Vikings, Warcraft, Maggie’s Got A Plan)
Chloé Sevigny (Love and Friendship, Boys Don’t Cry, Kids)
2017 – 2h03 min – United Kingdom – English
International Sales by The Bureau in association with Celluloid Dreams
World Premiere – VENICE FILM FESTIVAL – Official Selection, Main competition – Venice, Italy – 2017
World Premiere – TELLURIDE FILM FESTIVAL – Official Selection – Telluride, USA – 2017
TIFF – TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – International Competition – Toronto, Canada – 2017
BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL – Main competition – London, UK – 2017
FESTIVAL DE RIO – Rio, Brazil – 2017
ZURICH FILM FESTIVAL – Zürich, Switzerland – 2017
LOS CABOS FILM FESTIVAL – American Highlights – Los Cabos – Mexico – 2017
THESSALONIKI FILM FESTIVAL – Thessaloniki, Greece – 2017
LES ARCS EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL – Les Arcs, France – 2017
IFFR – INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM – Rotterdam, Netherlands – 2018
ADIFF – AUDI DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – Dublin, Ireland – 2018
SXSW – Austin, USA – 2018
ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL – Turkey – 2018
BJIFF BEJING INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – Panorama Section – Beijing, China – 2018
MOSTRA INTERNATIONAL DE SAO PAULO – Sao Paulo, Brazil – 2018