LEAN ON PETE

STAR RATINGS

Cert 15

Digital today, disc Monday Yorkshire-born writer and director Andrew Haigh made one of this year’s best indie films with this understated and emotional coming-of-age drama, based on the novel by Willy Vlautin.

Charlie Plummer completes his transition from child star to adult actor as Charley, who finds work caring for an ageing racehorse, Lean On Pete. There he meets Chloe Sevigny’s jockey, and Steve Buscemi’s horse trainer.

To save Pete from the slaughterhouse, Charley leads him on a road trip across the US full of hope, heartbreak and adventure in search of a new place to live.

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