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Lion

  • 2016
  • PG-13
  • 1h 58m
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Rooney Mara and Dev Patel in Lion (2016)
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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.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.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
    • Luke Davies
  • Stars
    • Dev Patel
    • Nicole Kidman
    • Rooney Mara
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.0/10
    243K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,480
    36
    • Director
      • Garth Davis
    • Writers
      • Saroo Brierley
      • Luke Davies
    • Stars
      • Dev Patel
      • Nicole Kidman
      • Rooney Mara
    • 626User reviews
    • 366Critic reviews
    • 69Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 6 Oscars
      • 59 wins & 110 nominations total

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    Rooney Mara and Dev Patel in Lion (2016)
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    Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara, Dev Patel, and Sunny Pawar in Lion (2016)
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    Top cast

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    Dev Patel
    Dev Patel
    • Saroo Brierley
    Nicole Kidman
    Nicole Kidman
    • Sue Brierley
    Rooney Mara
    Rooney Mara
    • Lucy
    Sunny Pawar
    Sunny Pawar
    • Young Saroo
    Abhishek Bharate
    Abhishek Bharate
    • Guddu
    Priyanka Bose
    Priyanka Bose
    • Kamla
    Khushi Solanki
    • Young Shekila
    Shankar Nisode
    • Shankar
    Tannishtha Chatterjee
    Tannishtha Chatterjee
    • Noor
    Nawazuddin Siddiqui
    Nawazuddin Siddiqui
    • Rama
    Riddhi Sen
    Riddhi Sen
    • Café Man
    Kaushik Sen
    Kaushik Sen
    • Police Official
    • (as Koushik Sen)
    Rita Roy
    Rita Roy
    • Amita
    • (as Rita Boy)
    Udayshankar Pal
    • Liluah Teacher
    • (as Uday Shankar Paul)
    Surojit Das
    • Shonedeep…
    Deepti Naval
    Deepti Naval
    • Mrs. Sood
    Menik Gooneratne
    Menik Gooneratne
    • Swarmina
    David Wenham
    David Wenham
    • John Brierley
    • Director
      • Garth Davis
    • Writers
      • Saroo Brierley
      • Luke Davies
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      To internalize her character, Priyanka Bose went to Madhya Pradesh to meet Kamla Munshi, the mother her character was based on: "My questions were basic and just by meeting her, I could tell how hard her life has been. I got down on my knees and hugged her and thanked her for her courage." When meeting Munshi she was told that she was declared crazy by many villagers in the small town for years, as she never gave up hope that her son would return one day.
    • Goofs
      Saroo is seen using a Samsung smart phone to calculate one of the distances. When the scene was set, Samsung hadn't released any smart phones.
    • Quotes

      Saroo Brierley: I'm sorry you couldn't have your own kids.

      Sue Brierley: What are you saying?

      Saroo Brierley: We... we... weren't blank pages, were we? Like your own would have been. You weren't just adopting us but our past as well. I feel like we're killing you.

      Sue Brierley: I could have had kids.

      Saroo Brierley: What?

      Sue Brierley: We chose not to have kids. We wanted the two of you. That's what we wanted. We wanted the two of you in our lives.That's what we chose.

      [pause]

      Sue Brierley: That's one of the reasons I fell in love with your dad.

      [pause]

      Sue Brierley: Because we both felt as if... the world has enough people in it. Have a child, couldn't guarantee it will make anything better. But to take a child that's suffering like you boys were. Give you a chance in the world. That's something.

    • Crazy credits
      There is no opening title card, only opening credits; the title card doesn't appear until the end.
    • Alternate versions
      The Extended Australian Edition runs approx. 12 minutes longer.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Nicole Kidman/Michael Shannon/Miranda Lambert (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      Aaja Nindiya Aaja Nainan Beech Sama Ja
      Written by Khayyam

      (Saregama India/Mushroom Music)

      Performed by Lata Mangeshkar

      Licensed courtesy of Saregama India

    User reviews626

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    Featured review
    9/10
    Couldn't stop crying
    This is such a beautiful film, with a simple story line, without any frills.

    A young Indian boy leaves their village with his older brother to do some "jobs", in one of these jobs he gets lost and cannot find his way back home. Pass some years and he's adopted by a family from Australia, and when that boy becomes an adult, he starts wondering where he's actually from.

    It deals with aspects of origin and identity, and that we cannot escape from who we really are.

    Superb, superb acting from everyone, from the little Indian boys, specially Sunny Pawar that plays the young Sarro, to Dev Patel who has clearly matured into a top class act and is endearing and touching playing the older Saroo.

    I'm certainly watching it again.
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    • ian-70926
    • Oct 4, 2016

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    FAQ3

    • Seeing as Saroo knew the knew the name of his home village, why couldn't he have found this via an atlas or online search?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 6, 2017 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Australia
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
      • India
    • Official sites
      • Official Site
      • Official Site (Japan)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Hindi
      • Bengali
    • Also known as
      • A Long Way Home
    • Filming locations
      • Ganesh Talai, Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, India(The home of the Saroo)
    • Production companies
      • The Weinstein Company
      • Screen Australia
      • See-Saw Films
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $12,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $51,738,905
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $123,360
      • Nov 27, 2016
    • Gross worldwide
      • $140,853,810
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 58 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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