Lean on Pete is a 2017 British drama film written for the screen and directed by Andrew Haigh, based upon the novel of the same name by Willy Vlautin. It stars Charlie Plummer, Chloë Sevigny, Travis Fimmel and Steve Buscemi. It was screened in the main competition section of the 74th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor or Actress by Charlie Plummer. It is scheduled to be released in the United States on April 6, 2018, by A24, before opening in the United Kingdom on May 4, 2018, by Curzon Artificial Eye