“Lean on Pete”: An especially heartbreaking entry in the “hard-luck kid scrambles to survive” subgenre, writer-director Andrew Haigh’s adaptation of a Willy Vlautin novel follows an impoverished, neglected teen (played by Charlie Plummer) who forms an emotional bond with a washed-up racehorse and takes to the road to save the animal’s life. Amazon Prime; Kanopy; VOD
Source: latimes.com – Los Angeles Times