The Rider

Once a rising star of the rodeo circuit, and a gifted horse trainer, young cowboy Brady is warned that his riding days are over, after a horse crushed his skull at a rodeo. Back home on the Pine Ridge Reservation, with little desire or alternatives for a different way of life, Brady’s sense of inadequacy mounts as he is unable to ride or rodeo – the essentials of being a cowboy. In an attempt to regain control of his own fate, Brady undertakes a search for new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of America.

Keywords

  • American Independent Films
  • Cannes: Quinzaine des Cinéastes
  • Deauville Film Festival
  • Deauville Film Festival: Highlight on the American Cinema (home)
  • Female Filmmakers
  • Festival de Cannes
  • Festival de Cannes - Tax Shelter
  • Film Fest Gent (home)
  • Guns & Saloons
  • Independence Day
  • International Film Festival Rotterdam
  • Into the Real: Movies Starring Non-Professional Actors
  • Just released
  • Nominated @ The Oscars 2021
  • Animaux
  • nature

Actors

  • Tanner Langdeau
  • Lilly Jandreau
  • Lane Scott
  • Terri Dawn Pourier
  • Cat Clifford
  • Derrick Janis
  • James Calhoon
  • Tim Jandreau
  • Brady Jandreau

Director

  • Chloé Zhao

Drama

1h 45min

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United States
2016
Once a rising star of the rodeo circuit, and a gifted horse trainer, young cowboy Brady is warned that his riding days are over, after a horse crushed his skull at a rodeo. Back home on the Pine Ridge Reservation, with little desire or alternatives for a different way of life, Brady’s sense of inadequacy mounts as he is unable to ride or rodeo – the essentials of being a cowboy. In an attempt to regain control of his own fate, Brady undertakes a search for new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of America.

Once a rising star of the rodeo circuit, and a gifted horse trainer, young cowboy Brady is warned that his riding days are over, after a horse crushed his skull at a rodeo. Back home on the Pine Ridge Reservation, with little desire or alternatives for a different way of life, Brady’s sense of inadequacy mounts as he is unable to ride or rodeo – the essentials of being a cowboy. In an attempt to regain control of his own fate, Brady undertakes a search for new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of America.


Cast & Crew