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Lion

A five-year-old Indian boy is adopted by an Australian couple after getting lost hundreds of kilometers from home. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

Director

Garth Davis

Year

Genre

biography, drama

Box Office

$51,738,905

Production

The Weinstein Company,See-Saw Films,Screen Australia,Aquarius Films,Sunstar Entertainment

Awards

Nominated for 6 Oscars. 59 wins & 110 nominations total

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Young Saroo

Guddu

Abhishek Bharate

Kamla

Young Shekila

Shankar

Noor

Tannishtha Chatterjee

Rama

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Café Man

Police Official

Amita

Liluah Teacher

Udayshankar Pal

Shonedeep

Mrs. Sood

Swarmina

Menik Gooneratne

John Brierley

Sue Brierley

Young Mantosh

Saroo Brierley

Waiter

Mantosh Brierley

Provost

Lucy

Tutor

Daniela Farinacci

Prama

Bharat

Sami

Annika

Emilie Cocquerel

Merchant

Woman With Baby

English Speaking Man

Madhukar Narlwade

Shekila

Rohini Kargaiya

Self

Self

Self

Workmate #1

Luke

O'Brien Salisbury

Lucy's Friend

Belinda Misevski

Lucy's Friend

Cute Bar Maid

Qantas Attendant

Alexandra Schepisi

Ryan McLean

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Saroo Brierley Sue Brierley Lucy Bharat Mantosh Brierley Saroo Brierley Sue Brierley Lucy Bharat Mantosh Brierley

Hello, I'm Swarmina. - Lion

Hello, I'm Swarmina.

Hello there. - Lion

Good on the plane? - Lion

Good on the plane?

This is where you live. - Lion

This is where you live.

Television. - Lion

Pepper What was that? - Lion

Pepper What was that?

Little one. - Lion

Yes good. - Lion

How did you do that to me? - Lion

How did you do that to me?

It's been a long flight. - Lion

It's been a long flight.

It's okay. - Lion

You're all right. - Lion

You're all right.

You don't really think he'll turn up, do you? - Lion

You don't really think he'll turn up, do you?

That's a nice one It's a good one, it's local. - Lion

That's a nice one It's a good one, it's...

Yes... Sorry, I didn't make lunch. What's that course again? Hotel Management. So you're going to go - Lion

Yes... Sorry, I didn't make lunch. What's that...

Please could you not do anything wrong whileYeah yeah That's going to make mom more unhappythan you're already doingWhy do you think I stay away - Lion

Please could you not do anything wrong whileYeah yeah...

We see ourselves as United Nations of hospitality schools And we like to think that we teach a global and balanced perspective. - Lion

We see ourselves as United Nations of hospitality schools...

Yes and I saw firsthand how the hospitality industry can really bring infrastructure to communities that need it. - Lion

Yes and I saw firsthand how the hospitality industry can...

This is going to be interesting. - Lion

This is going to be interesting.

Hi! Welcome! Thanks for coming! Hi! Hi how are you? Do you guys like Indian food? That's all we have - Lion

Hi! Welcome! Thanks for coming! Hi! Hi how are you? Do you...

Well, I say flashlight, what would you say? - Lion

Well, I say flashlight, what would you say?

Are you okSarooI'm not from CalcuttaI'm lost - Lion

Are you okSarooI'm not from CalcuttaI'm lost

I'm lost. - Lion

What paper trailMy mom couldn't read or writeWhat does she doLabourer She carried rocks - Lion

What paper trailMy mom couldn't read or writeWhat does...

My mother died four years ago. - Lion

My mother died four years ago.

And how do you feel? - Lion

And how do you feel?

What is that? - Lion

You can't keep going on like this. - Lion

You can't keep going on like this.

Let's go for a run. - Lion

Let's go for a run.

Come on. - Lion

I never show anybody this. - Lion

I never show anybody this.

Very blessed. - Lion

Why can't you just tell them what you're doing? - Lion

Why can't you just tell them what you're doing?

Saroo knows everything. - Lion

Saroo knows everything.

We're different. - Lion

We're different.

It's all right. - Lion

It's all right.

It's all right, it's all right Please. - Lion

It's all right, it's all right Please.

Saroo! Saroo. Saroo! - Lion

Saroo! Saroo. Saroo!

Stop please... - Lion

Saroo! You need to face reality! What do you mean? Reality? Do you have any idea what it's like know - Lion

Saroo! You need to face reality! What do you mean? Reality?...

Do you have any idea what it's like knowing that my real brotherAnd mother spend every day of their lives looking for meHow every day my real brother screams my nameCan you imagine the pain they must be in not knowing where I am - Lion

Do you have any idea what it's like knowing that my...

It makes me sick. - Lion

It makes me sick.

I meant to tell you that I fixed the tiller. - Lion

I meant to tell you that I fixed the tiller.

Saroo... Mate, your mom is not well. We've lost track of Mantosh, she misses him. You know how worri - Lion

Saroo... Mate, your mom is not well. We've lost track...

We know you quit your job, mate. - Lion

We know you quit your job, mate.

I've been visiting her. - Lion

I've been visiting her.

How was New York? - Lion

How was New York?

I miss you. - Lion

What? What if you do find home and there is no one there? - Lion

What? What if you do find home and there is no one there?

And you never stop? - Lion

And you never stop?

I'm sorry you couldn't have your own kidsWhat are you sayingWeWe weren't blank pages were weLike your own would have beenYou weren't just adopting us but our past as wellI feel like we're killing you I could have had kidsWhatWe chose not to have kidsWe - Lion

I'm sorry you couldn't have your own kidsWhat are...

What are you saying? - Lion

What are you saying?

What? We chose not to have kids. We wanted the two of you. That's what we wanted. We wanted the two - Lion

What? We chose not to have kids. We wanted the two of you....

That's one of the reasons I fell in love With your father. - Lion

That's one of the reasons I fell in love With your...

Having a child is no guarantee to make anything better But take a child that has suffered like the two of you - Lion

Having a child is no guarantee to make anything better But...

Give you a chance. - Lion

Give you a chance.

There's only one path for me. - Lion

There's only one path for me.

When I was 12 I had a vision. - Lion

When I was 12 I had a vision.

Some people would say it was a breakdown but it - Lion

Some people would say it was a breakdown but it

My dad was an alcoholic you know that He was not a good man. - Lion

My dad was an alcoholic you know that He was not a good man.

I felt an electric current that was like a shock, A jolt through my whole body. - Lion

I felt an electric current that was like a shock, A jolt...

And he was standing beside me. - Lion

And he was standing beside me.

It was... - Lion

Ganesh Talai... - Lion

Ganesh Talai...

So this is where you've been I did not want you to feel that I was ungrateful. - Lion

So this is where you've been I did not want you to feel...

Saroo. I really hope she's there. - Lion

Saroo. I really hope she's there.

Hi, I used to live here. - Lion

Hi, I used to live here.

That's me. - Lion

Come. Come with! Come with me. Just come. - Lion

Come. Come with! Come with me. Just come.

I'm sorry. - Lion

Yes, the watermelons! - Lion

Yes, the watermelons!

Guddu? Where is Guddu? - Lion

Guddu? Where is Guddu?

Guddu is no more. - Lion

Guddu is no more.

Shekila. - Lion

Hello mother. - Lion

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A five-year-old Indian boy is adopted by an Australian couple after getting lost hundreds of kilometers from home. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Garth Davis

Writer: Saroo Brierley, Luke Davies

Production: The Weinstein Company,See-Saw Films,Screen Australia,Aquarius Films,Sunstar Entertainment

Genre: biography, drama

Year: 2016

MetaScore: 69/100

ImdbRating: 8.0

BoxOffice: $51,738,905

Released: 06 Jan 2017

Awards: Nominated for 6 Oscars. 59 wins & 110 nominations total

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