Lion

About Lion

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.

Lion is a 2016 drama film directed by Garth Davis. Its themes are affectation, australia, adoption, and familiar.

Dev Patel stars as Saroo Brierley, Rooney Mara as Lucy, David Wenham as John Brierley, and Nicole Kidman as Sue Brierley. Released in November 2016, it runs 118 minutes.

The screenplay is by Luke Davies. It was produced by Screen Australia and The Weinstein Company. The film began as a novel. It streams on Netflix in the United States.

American Sniper, The Hurricane, and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel make useful companions to Lion, all filed under biography. TMDB voters put it at 8.0 out of 10 across 7,116 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.