Directed by:
Garth DavisScreenplay:
Luke DaviesCinematography:
Greig FraserCast:
Dev Patel, Sunny Pawar, Priyanka Bose, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Deepti Naval, David Wenham, Nicole Kidman, Todd Sampson, Rooney Mara (more)VOD (4)
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In Lion, five-year-old Saroo gets lost on a train travelling away from his home and family. Frightened and bewildered, he ends up thousands of miles away, in chaotic Kolkata. Somehow he survives living on the streets, escaping all sorts of terrors and close calls in the process, before ending up in an orphanage that is itself not exactly a safe haven. Eventually Saroo is adopted by an Australian couple, and finds love and security as he grows up in Hobart. Not wanting to hurt his adoptive parents feelings, he suppresses his past, his emotional need for reunification, and his hope of ever finding his lost mother and brother. But a chance meeting with some fellow Indians reawakens his buried yearning. With just a small store of memories and his unwavering determination, Saroo embarks on one of the greatest needle-in-a-haystack quests of modern times. (Entertainment in Video)
(more)Cast
Dev Patel
UK
Best movies:
Hotel Mumbai (2018)
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
I Lost My Body (2019)
Sunny Pawar
Best movies:
Lion (2016)
The Tiger's Nest (2022)
Priyanka Bose
India
Tannishtha Chatterjee
India
Best movies:
Parched (2015)
Lion (2016)
Angry Indian Goddesses (2015)
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
India
Best movies:
Brother Bajrangi (2015)
Lion (2016)
Talaash: The Answer Lies Within (2012)
Deepti Naval
India
Best movies:
Lion (2016)
You Don't Get Life a Second Time (2011)
Bang Bang! (2014)
David Wenham
Australia
Best movies:
Nicole Kidman
USA
Best movies:
Cold Mountain (2003)
The Others (2001)
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Todd Sampson
Canada
Best movies:
Lion (2016)
Rooney Mara
USA
Best movies:
The Social Network (2010)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Lion (2016)
Pallavi Sharda
Australia
Best movies:
My Name is Khan (2010)
Lion (2016)
Begum Jaan (2017)
Abhishek Bharate
Best movies:
Lion (2016)
Riddhi Sen
India
Emilie Cocquerel
Best movies:
Lion (2016)
An Accidental Soldier (2013) (TV movie)
Divian Ladwa
Best movies:
Lion (2016)
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
Mr. Malcolm's List (2022)
Alexandra Schepisi
Best movies:
Lion (2016)
The Boys Are Back (2009)
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
Benjamin Rigby
Best movies:
Le Mans '66 (2019)
Lion (2016)
Alien: Covenant (2017)
Anna Samson
Best movies:
Lion (2016)
Menik Gooneratne
UK
Best movies:
Lion (2016)
Knowing (2009)
Mortal Engines (2018)