Introverted teenager Charley (Charlie Plummer) has little security; his mother has disappeared, his young father has enough trouble keeping his own life on the rails. No wonder Charley grasps the opportunity to stand on his own two feet.
He gets a job working for grumpy horse trainer Del Montgomery (Steve Buscemi at his grubbiest). With him and the jockey Bonnie (Chloë Sevigny), he travels to horse races in dusty towns, with the grand American landscape as
Just as in his films Weekend and 45 Years, Andrew Haigh balances on the edge between melancholy and optimism in this film version of Willy Vlautin’s novel. He sees the world through Charley’s youthful and innocent eyes, without losing sight of the painful tragedy of the lives of Del and Bonnie.
Film details
- Countries of production
- United Kingdom, USA
- Year
- 2017
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2018
- Length
- 119'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
