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Lion (2016)
DVD (1 discs
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Blu-ray (1 discs
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Digital ✓
Genre: Drama
Aspect Ratio: Wide
Sound: DD 5.1
Academy Awards:
6 Nominations
Synopsis
The past never truly leaves us, and sometimes finding our way forward means going all the way back to where we began. Garth Davis' "Lion," based on Saroo Brierley's memoir "A Long Way Home," tells the extraordinary true story of five-year-old Saroo (Sunny Pawar), who falls asleep on an empty train in rural India and wakes up hundreds of miles away in the chaotic streets of Kolkata, unable to speak the local language or even name his hometown. Frightened and alone, he survives on the streets, escaping danger after danger, before landing in an orphanage that offers little safety of its own. Eventually he's adopted by a loving Australian couple, Sue (Nicole Kidman) and John Brierley (David Wenham), and grows up happily in Tasmania. Twenty-five years later, the adult Saroo (Dev Patel), not wanting to hurt the parents who raised him, has buried his memories of the family he lost. But a chance encounter with fellow Indian students reawakens his longing. Armed with only fragments of memory, the support of his girlfriend, Lucy (Rooney Mara), and the then-new technology of Google Earth, Saroo sets out on a painstaking search for his mother and brother. Bring tissues.
Cast
Nicole Kidman
David Wenham
Dev Patel
Rooney Mara
Tannishtha Chatterjee
Benjamin Rigby
Sunny Pawar
Abhishek Bharate
Priyanka Bose
Khushi Solanki
Shankar Nisode
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Riddhi Sen
Koushik Sen
Rita Boy
Udayshankar Pal
Surojit Das
Deepti Naval
Menik Gooneratne
Director
Garth Davis
Awards & Nominations
- Oscar Nominee: Best Actor In A Supporting Role
- Oscar Nominee: Best Actress In A Supporting Role
- Oscar Nominee: Best Cinematography
- Oscar Nominee: Best Music, Original Music Score
- Oscar Nominee: Best Picture
- Oscar Nominee: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Keywords
Coming-Of-Age
Drama
Family
Technical Specifications
Audio Languages
English, French
Subtitle Languages
English, French, Spanish
Special Features
- Deleted/extended scenes
- Photo gallery
- Behind the Scenes Gallery
- "Never Give Up" Performed By Sia
- Official Lyric Video