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Lean on Pete

2018 · 121 min

A quietly heartbreaking journey of survival that immerses you in a boy's loneliness and fragile hope.

Directed by: Andrew Haigh
Genres: Drama, Adventure, Western
Starring: Charlie Plummer, Amy Seimetz, Travis Fimmel

Tagline: You can’t get anywhere on your own.
Overview: 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.

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Directed by: Andrew Haigh
Genres: Drama, Adventure, Western
Starring: Charlie Plummer, Amy Seimetz, Travis Fimmel

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
grief
coming-of-age
survival
family
Places: road trip
countryside
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Horror	2
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	0
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	9

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Genres: drama, adventure, western
Directed by: Andrew Haigh
Written by: Andrew Haigh
Starring: Charlie Plummer, Amy Seimetz, Travis Fimmel, Steve Buscemi, Jason Beem, Tolo Tuitele, Ayanna Berkshire, Connor Brenes
Music: James Edward Barker
Cinematography: Magnus Nordenhof Jønck
Runtime: 121 min
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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