Lion (2016)

Not under 12

Where to watch

Rent

Plot

A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

Cast

Dev PatelSaroo Brierley

Rooney MaraLucy

David WenhamJohn Brierley

Nicole KidmanSue Brierley

Divian LadwaMantosh Brierley

Nawazuddin SiddiquiRama

Benjamin RigbyWaiter

Morten SuurballeLuke

Writers and directors

Garth DavisDirectorf. -0001

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Luke DaviesWriterf. -0001

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djgri ★ 4.0/10

An interesting true story. Film starts well and ends well. In the middle, there is a rapid acceleration from being a boy to being a man that misses out on a lot of an explanation as to how he ended up…1. May 2017

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Reno ★ 9.0/10

**Lost in India, found in Australia!** Based on the book 'A Long Way Home' that tells the story of a young Indian boy who lost his brother in a railway station in the night and the next morning he …26. Jun 2017

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Filipe Manuel Neto ★ 8.0/10

**A film of great quality, although marked by the duality of the script and by an excessive emotional appeal.** This film, for me, has one big point for it and one big point against it. The point i…7. Jan 2023

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CinemaSerf ★ 7.0/10

Though it’s Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman who take top billing, it’s the hugely engaging Sunny Pawar who steals his scenes here as the young Saroo. He’s growing up in rural India with his elder brother …16. Mar 2025

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