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PROFILE
Alberto Zorzi
TRUE FRIENDSHIP
Alberto Zorzi and Fair Light vanT Heike (Photo Courtesy of CSIO Roma/Marco Proli)
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WISHLIST
Must Haves
Riding jacket Tharros
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Q.&A.
Mattia Harnacke
Photo Courtesy of FEI/Stéphane Mirão
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FOR HIM
Contemporary Lord
Briefcase, Boldrini Selleria
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resented at the Festival del Cinema di Venezia, Lean on Pete, by Andrew Haigh, tells the story of Charley, an adolescent who has never known his mother and who lives with his father. Not far from their house he discovers a riding school and meets Del Montgomery, its no-longer-young owner and horse trainer. Charley becomes his helper and begins to grow fond of a horse, Lean on Pete, a fast racer, progressively afflicted by the problems which bring Del to sell him to be put down. Charley however, refuses to passively accept this decision. The film is taken from Willy Vlautin’s novel La ballad of Charley Thompson, which the author wanted to be preceded with these immortal words from John Steinbeck: “It is true that we are weak and sick and ugly and quarrelsome, but if that is all we ever were, we would milleniums ago have disappeared from the face of the earth” As we know, Steinbeck was the bard of those who when
Charlie Plummer in Lean on Pete (Photo Courtesy of Teodora Film)
struck by catastrophy, whether economic or otherwise, reveal themselves capable of raising their heads and looking forward. This is the spirit that guided Andrew Haigh in the crafting of a film inspired by the cinema of the seventies in a contemporary setting. Charley would be content with little: a real home, someone to prepare his food, a school where he could make real friends without having to change towns so often. However, with a father who is always in trouble with the law it’s not easy. The two of them are looking for a new start in Portland but Charley soon has to take to the road again, this time alone, deep into America. It is his friendship with Lean on Pete that gives him back the hope for a better future. Charlie Plummer, the actor playing the lead, received the Mastroianni prize for best newcomer for this role and he is surrounded by a stellar cast that includes the actors Steve Buscemi and Chloë Sevigny.