Lean on Pete
an ANDREW HAIGH picture
Synopsis
Charley Thompson is 15 years old. 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 where Charley takes a summer job, and befriends the failing racehorse Lean on Pete.
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Press
"Lovely performance from Charlie Plummer – his smile could light up the desert night sky."
Jason Solomons
"Haigh reveals himself as, potentially, a very capable player on the international scene."
Eye for film
"Plummer is so magnetic because he never allows Charley even a scrap of self-pity, even though you wouldn’t blame him if he did. This is a cold movie dressed up like a warm one, but Plummer maintains the right temperature from start to finish, restrained but never unrealistic."
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Festivals
& Awards
Venice International Film Festival
Best Young Actor Award Charlie Plummer
Toronto International Film Festival
Telluride Film Festival
Les Arcs European Film Festival
Best Young Actor & Best Cinematography Award
London Film Festival
Los Cabos International Film Festival
Thessaloniki International Film Festivalt
Palm Springs International Film Festival
International Film Festival Rotterdam
Luxembourg City Film Festival
Belgrade Film Festival
Jameson Dublin International Film Festival
Portland International Film Festival
South by Southwest Film Festival
Atlanta Film and Video Festival
Cleveland International Film Festival
Festival Internacional de Cinema d'Autor de Barcelona
Jerusalem Film Festival
Adelaide Film Festival
Cast & Crew
| Travis Fimmel | Warcraft, Maggie's Plan |
|---|---|
| Chloë Sevigny | Lizzie, Love & Friendship, Zodiac |
| Charlie Plummer | The Dinner |
| Steve Buscemi | The Deaht of Stalin, On The Road, The Cobbler |
| Franck Gallegos | Gilmore Girls, The Bridge |
| Written & directed by | Andrew Haigh |
|---|---|
| Producer | Tristan Goligher |
| Director of Photography | Magnus Nordenhof Jønck |
| Editor | Jonathan Alberts |
| Music | James Edward Baker |
| Casting | Carmen Cuba |
| Production Design | Ryan Warren Smith |
| Art Direction | Jonny Fenix |
| Set Decoration | Jenelle Giordano |
| Costume Design | Julie Carnahan |
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