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LEAN ON PETE Q&A - BFI London Film Festival 2017
Ravishing and doleful in equal measure, Andrew Haigh's fourth feature is a resplendent portrait of a lonely neglected boy on a quest for home. We caught up with director and screenwriter Andrew Haigh, producer Tristan Goligher and actor Charlie Plummer, at the BFI London Film Festival screening for a Q&A session.
Lean on Pete is adapted from Willy Vlautin's acclaimed novel about a Huckleberry Finn-esque journey across America's sparse Northwest â€" this shares DNA with his last two features, skilfully making intimate emotional journeys epic, and the personal universal. 15-year-old Charley Thompson (Charlie Plummer) has rarely stayed in the same place for more than a year. Having been left by his mother as a child, he lives with his father who loves him but doesn't understand just how much Charley craves and needs stability (not to mention food). He longingly remembers his aunt, who fell out with her brother. But her whereabouts are unknown. Taking a part-time job with a cantankerous and not entirely on the up-and-up horse trainer (Steve Buscemi), he forms a deep bond with nearly-knackered horse Lean on Pete.