Film

The Rider 2018

Directed by Chloé Zhao

  • Drama, Western
  • 103 min
  • R

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. In an attempt to regain control of his own fate, Brady undertakes a search for a new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of the United States.

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Grave, contemplative, earnest and prestige.

  • gravecomic
  • contemplativerelentless
  • earnestironic
  • unpretentiousprestige
  • character-ledplot-driven

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