2017 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Andrew Haigh’s Lean on Pete

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Seeing that Andrew Haigh‘s career has been climbing in the same upward trajectory as the best stock options on the fortune 500, we shouldn’t be surprised if an early look to Cannes Film Fest’s Thierry & co. might push this to a world preem status in May. We thought that 2011’s Weekend was his big break, but then 45 Years was launched in 2015 and in most positive sense of the term, it’s been onwards and upwards for this talent filmmaker. Before climbing onto biopic terrain with the Alexander McQueen project, Haigh works from an award-winning novel with the young Charlie Plummer in the lead and mostly American indie vets in Steve Buscemi, Steve Zahn, Chloë Sevigny, Travis Fimmel, Thomas Mann and Amy Seimetz supporting roles. Lean On Pete was a vote of confidence pick up by the A24 folks before filming began, and production wrapped up in July in the beautiful Pacific Northwest region.

Gist: An adaptation of Willy Vlautin’s novel, this is about 15-year-old teenager Charley as he embarks on a perilous journey in search of his long lost aunt and a possible home, his only companion the stolen racehorse Lean on Pete.

Production Co./Producers: The Bureau’s Tristan Goligher (45 Years).

Prediction: Premieres section and Berlin Film Fest double dip is possible, Cannes not out of the question.

U.S. Distributor: A24. The Bureau Sales/Celluloid Dreams (international)

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Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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