LEAN ON PETE (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Charlie Plummer (All the Money in the World), Travis Fimmel (Maggie’s Plan), Chloë Sevigny (Boys Don’t Cry), Steve Buscemi (Reservoir Dogs), Steve Zahn (Dallas Buyers Club), Amy Seimetz (Alien: Covenant), Justin Rain (North Mountain), Lewis Pullman (Battle of the Sexes), Frank Gallegos (Fuel), Julia Prud’homme (Outta Sync)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Andrew Haigh (45 Years), director, writer; Tristan Goligher (Weekend), producer; James Edward Barker (Devil’s Playground), composer; Magnus Nordenhof Jønck (A War), cinematographer; Jonathan Alberts (Like Crazy), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Charley (Plummer) is a teenage boy living with his single father Ray (Fimmel), who finds work caring for an aging racehorse named Lean On Pete. When he learns that the horse is going to be sold on, Charley takes off with Lean On Pete and embarks on an odyssey across the country on a search for a new home…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Horse lovers will be spellbound by this stunning and emotional American epic that also features a breakthrough performance by young Charlie Plummer.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 4TH MAY 2018

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