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20168.01h 58m

Overview

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.

Directed by Garth Davis
Written by Luke Davies, Saroo Brierley
Produced by Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Angie Fielder
Box OfficeBudget: $12.0MRevenue: $140.3M

Top Cast

Dev Patel

Dev Patel

Saroo Brierley

Rooney Mara

Rooney Mara

Lucy

David Wenham

David Wenham

John Brierley

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman

Sue Brierley

Abhishek Bharate

Abhishek Bharate

Guddu

Divian Ladwa

Divian Ladwa

Mantosh Brierley

Priyanka Bose

Priyanka Bose

Kamla Munshi

Deepti Naval

Deepti Naval

Saroj Sood

Tannishtha Chatterjee

Tannishtha Chatterjee

Noor

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Rama

Themes & Keywords

australiabased on novel or bookadoptionaffectationbiographybased on true storyindiamissing childlong lost relativetasmaniastreet childdramaticfamiliar

About Lion

Lion is a drama film released in 2016 exploring themes of australia, based on novel or book, adoption, affectation, biography, based on true story. Directed by Garth Davis, it stars Dev Patel, Rooney Mara, David Wenham. 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.

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