| Lean on Pete | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Andrew Haigh |
| Screenplay by | Andrew Haigh |
| Based on | Lean on Pete by Willy Vlautin |
| Produced by | Tristan Goligher |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Magnus Joenck |
| Edited by | Jonathan Alberts |
| Music by | James Edward Barker |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Curzon |
Release dates |
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Running time | 121 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $8 million[1] |
| Box office | $2.5 million[2] |
Lean on Pete is a 2017 British coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Andrew Haigh, based on the novel of the same name by Willy Vlautin. It stars Charlie Plummer, Chloë Sevigny, Travis Fimmel and Steve Buscemi, and follows a 15-year-old boy in the American Northwest, who begins to work at a stable and befriends a racehorse.[3]
It was screened in the main competition section of the 74th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor or Actress for Plummer. It was released in the United States on 6 April 2018, by A24, before opening in the United Kingdom on 4 May 2018, by Curzon. It received highly positive critical reviews, with praise going towards its direction, screenplay, cinematography, and Plummer's performance. The National Board of Review named it one of the ten best independent films of 2018.[4]
- ^ Grater, Tom (9 September 2017). "The story behind Andrew Haigh's 'Lean On Pete'". Screen Daily. Screen International. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "Lean on Pete (2018)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ Kermode, Mark; critic, Observer film (2018-05-06). "Lean on Pete review – coming-of-age quest for a horse and his boy". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-11-24.
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