Lion (2016)

A five-year-old Indian boy is adopted by an Australian couple after getting lost hundreds of kilometers from home. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

Director:

Garth Davis

Writers:

Saroo Brierley (adapted from the book "A Long Way Home" by), Luke Davies (screenplay by)

Stars:

Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara

Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 58 wins & 103 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sunny Pawar	...	Young Saroo
Abhishek Bharate	...	Guddu
Priyanka Bose	...	Kamla
Khushi Solanki	...	Young Shekila
Shankar Nisode	...	Shankar
Tannishtha Chatterjee	...	Noor
Nawazuddin Siddiqui	...	Rama
Riddhi Sen	...	Café Man
Koushik Sen	...	Police Official
Rita Boy	...	Amita
Udayshankar Pal	...	Liluah Teacher (as Uday Shankar Paul)
Surojit Das	...	Shonedeep / Haunted Boy
Deepti Naval	...	Mrs. Sood
Menik Gooneratne	...	Swarmina
David Wenham	...	John Brierley

Storyline

In 1986, Saroo was a five-year-old child in India of a poor but happy rural family. On a trip with his brother, Saroo soon finds himself alone and trapped in a moving decommissioned passenger train that takes him to Calcutta, 1000 miles away from home. Now totally lost in an alien urban environment and too young to identify either himself or his home to the authorities, Saroo struggles to survive as a street child until he is sent to an orphanage. Soon, Saroo is selected to be adopted by the Brierley family in Tasmania, where he grows up in a loving, prosperous home. However, for all his material good fortune, Saroo finds himself plagued by his memories of his lost family in his adulthood and tries to search for them even as his guilt drives him to hide this quest from his adoptive parents and his girlfriend. Only when he has an epiphany does he realize not only the answers he needs, but also the steadfast love that he has always had with all his loved ones in both worlds.

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Plot Keywords:

adoption | india | street child | adoptive mother adoptive son relationship | mother son reunion | 

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Taglines:

The true story of a life lost and found

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Genres:

Biography | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for thematic material and some sensuality.

Did You Know?

Trivia

Actress Rooney Mara was recommended by executive producer Harvey Weinstein for the role of Lucy who becomes Saroo's girlfriend after they meet as students at an international hospitality college.

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Goofs

LED signboards on railway platforms never existed in 1986.

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Quotes

[last lines]
Saroo Brierley: [leaving phone message] Hi, mum. I know you will be sound asleep. I just want to say that I'm safe. Safe and all the questions have been answered. There are no more deadends. I found my mother, and... she thanks you both for raising me. She understands that you are my family. She's... happy, just knowing I'm alive. I found her, but that doesn't change who you are. I love you, mom... so much. And you, Dad. And Mantosh. Saroo.

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Crazy Credits

After the final credits, there's an earlier shot with the boys on the train tunnel and the credits "In loving memory of Guddu".

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Alternate Versions

The Extended Australian Edition runs approx. 12 minutes longer.

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Connections

Referenced in Diminishing Returns: Oscars 2017 (2017)

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Soundtracks

The Sun, the Sand and the Sea
Written by Buddy Scott/Jimmy Radcliffe
(Liscris Music Inc.)
Performed by Picturetone Pete
Licensed courtesy of Liscris Productions

User Reviews

The story of my life..

It's the story of my life. I was born in Bangalore in 1983 and I was adopted by an Italian family when I was almost two years old. My father told me that the nuns found me on the street, and they took me to an orphanage in Solur. My father made a very difficult journey to come and get me and we stayed a month in India before returning to Italy. unfortunately I do not remember anything of that world and for me it will be very difficult to understand where I was born but one day I will come back. I have to go back This film change my life..

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site Official Site [Japan]

Country:

UK Australia USA India

Language:

English Hindi Bengali

Release Date:

6 January 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Long Way Home

Filming Locations:

Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Box Office

Budget:

$12,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$123,360, 27 November 2016

Gross USA:

$51,738,905

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$140,853,810

Company Credits

Production Co:

The Weinstein Company, Screen Australia, See-Saw Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

118 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1