The Rider

Chloé Zhao / US, 2017 / 104 min.

He’s not yet in his mid-twenties but his fate is sealed. Young rodeo rider Brady Blackburn will never make an appearance again in the arena following a serious fall – will the macho cowboy from Dakota be able to reinvent himself? The Art Cinema Award at the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight went to The Rider, a lyrical, emotional but subdued portrait of an all but vanished American subculture.