In the sweeping, melancholic drama from director Chloe Zhao, Rider, The follows Brady Blackburn, a gifted young rodeo cowboy played by Brady Jandreau, who faces a devastating crossroads after a near-fatal bronc riding accident leaves him with a severe head injury. Struggling to return to the only life he has ever known on the South Dakota Lakota reservation, Brady must confront his own identity and the deep, unyielding passion for the rodeo that defines him. Surrounded by his supportive but worried father Tim Jandreau, his determined sister Lilly Jandreau, and the memory of a close friend Lane Scott paralyzed in a similar accident, he is forced to weigh the thrill of competition against the very real risk of permanent damage. Zhao’s intimate, naturalistic lens captures the stark beauty of the plains and the quiet resilience of a community bound by tradition, crafting a poignant and deeply human story about a man reckoning with his own mortality and the painful cost of his dreams.