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Lion

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2016 · PG-13 · 1h 58m

Directed by Garth Davis

8.0

TMDB audience score
7,119 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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Cast

  • Dev Patel
    Saroo Brierley

  • Rooney Mara
    Lucy

  • David Wenham
    John Brierley

  • Nicole Kidman
    Sue Brierley

  • Sunny Pawar
    Young Saroo

  • Abhishek Bharate
    Guddu

  • Priyanka Bose
    Kamla Munshi

  • Divian Ladwa
    Mantosh Brierley

  • Deepti Naval
    Saroj Sood

  • Tannishtha Chatterjee
    Noor

  • Nawazuddin Siddiqui
    Rama

  • Keshav Jadhav
    Young Mantosh

  • Arka Das
    Sami

  • Pallavi Sharda
    Prama

  • Sachin Joab
    Bharat

  • Menik Gooneratne
    Swarmina

  • Emilie Cocquerel
    Annika

  • Eamon Farren
    Luke