Completed - ENGLISH - Drama - 119 minutes
When tragic events leave 15 year old Charley homeless, he heads east, across America in search of his aunt. From the run down race-track of Portland Meadows, via the sagebrush of the Oregon desert, to the bright lights of Denver’s Colefax Avenue, his only companion the stolen racehorse, Lean on Pete
Year of production : 2017 Director(s) : Andrew HAIGH Writer(s) : Andrew HAIGH Cast : Charlie PLUMMER, Steve BUSCEMI, Chloe SEVIGNY, Travis FIMMEL Producer(s) : Tristan GOLIGHER (The Bureau)
Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson wants a home, food on the table and a high school he can attend for more than part of a year. But as the son of a single father working in warehouses across the Pacific Northwest, finding some stability is hard for Charley. Hoping for a new start they move to Portland where Charley takes a summer job working for a surly, washed up horse trainer at the local race track.When tragic events leave Charley homeless, his only comforts become his friendship with a failing racehorse named Lean on Pete and a photograph of his only known relative. In increasingly desperate circumstances, Charley will head east, hoping to find his aunt who had once lived a thousand miles away in Wyoming - but the journey will be a perilous one.
Country(ies) : UNITED KINGDOM, USA
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