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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.
A young Indian boy named Saroo gets lost on a train and is separated from his family. He is adopted by an Australian couple and, twenty years later, uses Google Earth to try and find his original home and family. The film follows his emotional journey of reunification and self-discovery.
Lion received widespread critical acclaim, with praise directed towards its emotional storytelling, performances, and cinematography. It was a box office success and was nominated for multiple Academy Awards.
A deeply moving and heartfelt true story that resonates with audiences.
Dev Patel delivers a powerful and nuanced performance.
Visually stunning and emotionally impactful.
Google audience: Google users overwhelmingly praised Lion for its incredibly touching and inspiring true story, highlighting the emotional depth of the film and the strength of the performances. Many found it to be a tear-jerker that left a lasting impression.
Nominated for 6 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Dev Patel), and Best Supporting Actress (Nicole Kidman). Won Best Film at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards.
Saroo Brierley, the subject of the film, actually used Google Earth and Google Maps extensively in his real-life search for his lost home, which took him years.
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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 Guddu (Abhishek Bharate) living fairly h...
**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 in its favor is that it is consistently b...
**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 woke up thousands kilometers away from h...
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 being the person he was. Quite boring i...