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Film · 2017

The Rider

Directed by Chloé Zhao · starring Brady Jandreau, Tim Jandreau and Lilly Jandreau

  • 1 h 44 min
  • 15
  • Drama · Western
  • USA
  • Released in the UK 13 September 2018
  • 7.8 AverageMovieNCo
  • 7.2 Users3 votes
  • 8.5 Critics4 reviews
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Synopsis

Chloé Zhao's new film 'The Rider' is an emotional and heartbreaking drama that he won at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, the Directors' Fortnight award, and also had four nominations at the Independent Spirit Awards of 2018.

'The Rider' tells the story inspired by real events of Brady, who was one of the stars of the rodeo and a talented horse trainer, suffers an accident that makes him unable to ride again. When he returns home he realizes that all he wants to do is ride a horse and participate in rodeos, which frustrates him a lot. In an attempt to regain control of his life, Brady embarks on a journey in search of a new identity and the meaning of what it is to be a man in the heart of America.

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Runtime
104 min1 hour and 44 minutes
Rating
15Suitable only for 15 years and over
How long is The Rider?
1 hour and 44 minutes (104 minutes).
When was The Rider released in the UK?
It was released in the UK on 13 September 2018.
Who directed The Rider?
Chloé Zhao.
Who is in The Rider?
It stars Brady Jandreau, Tim Jandreau, Lilly Jandreau and Cat Clifford.
Where can I watch The Rider?
In the UK you can watch it on subscription on Hotstar and Prime Video and on rent on Apple TV.
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Cast

Full cast (7)
Director
Chloé Zhao
Writers
Chloé Zhao
Producers
Chloé Zhao

Videos and trailers

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Trailer 'The Rider' 2:1025 April 2018

Photos and posters

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Reviews

All 4 reviews
7.2 3 votes

What the critics say average 8.5 from 4

  • 9.1 IndiewireKate Erbland "Utilizing a cast of non-actors ? most of whom are tasked with playing versions of themselves, in a story pulled from their lives ? Zhao?s film derives its power from the truth that both drives it… Read
  • 9.0 The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthy "'The Rider' is a rare gem, a small, acutely observed portrait of a few lives on what used to be the frontier but is now a desolate backwater, the windswept badlands around Pine Ridge, South Dakota". Read
  • 8.0 The GuardianPeter Bradshaw "This is a movie using non-professionals playing versions of themselves, and under Zhao?s patient, unintrusive directorial eye they appear to be inhabiting a kind of heightened documentary". Read

Soundtrack

All 18 songs
  1. BattlegroundLucian Blaque Spotify
  2. Cross My HeartJonathan Terrell Spotify
  3. Ease AwayCharlie, the Regrets Spotify
  4. Medicine ManThe Quaker City Night Hawks Spotify

Trivia

  • Reality

    The character Brady Blackburn is based on actor Brady Jandreau, who suffered the kind of head injury shown in the film after all fall from a horse.

  • Tributte

    Writer and director Chloé Zhao first met Brady Jandreau during her research for her earlier film Songs My Brothers Taught Me (2015). She visited the ranch where Jandreau was working and he was teaching her how to ride a horse. She wanted put him in one of films, and when he had the accident that left him with life changing head injuries, she decided to base the script for her next film on his story.

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