THE RIDER

By Chloé ZHAO

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Drama - Completed 2017

After suffering a near fatal head injury, a young cowboy undertakes a search for new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of America.

Festivals
& Awards

Directors' Fortnight 2017
Toronto - TIFF 2017
Special Presentations
Stockholm IFF 2017
Stockholm XXVIII Competition
Sundance Film Festival 2018
Spotlight
Rotterdam IFF 2018
Voices
    • Year of production
    • 2017
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • USA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 103 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Chloé ZHAO
    • Writer(s)
    • Chloé ZHAO
    • Producer(s)
    • Molly ASHER, Sacha BEN HARROCHE, Bert HAMELINCK, Chloé ZHAO
    • Synopsis
    • 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 fate, Brady undertakes a search for new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of America.