Movie

Lean on Pete (2018)

121 min

• Drama
• Adventure
• Western

Director

Andrew Haigh

Released

April 6, 2018

Synopsis

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.

Cast

• Charlie Plummer
• Amy Seimetz
• Travis Fimmel
• Steve Buscemi
• Jason Beem
• Tolo Tuitele
• Ayanna Berkshire
• Connor Brenes
• Kurt Conroyd
• Chloë Sevigny
• Dennis Fitzpatrick
• Rusty Tennant

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