Lean on Pete

Movie Information

The film follows fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson. 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, Oregon where Charley takes a summer job, with a washed-up horse trainer, and befriends a failing racehorse named Lean on Pete.

Director:

Andrew Haigh

Writer:

Andrew Haigh, Willy Vlautin

Actors:

Charlie Plummer, Amy Seimetz, Travis Fimmel