![]() ![]() Owning nothing but the clothes he’s wearing, not knowing where he came from or even his family’s name, the little boy is lost. By accident the 5 year old boy ends up on a train that takes him to Kolkata, a city of millions on the other side of India. It’s 1986 when Saroo’s life takes a dramatic turn. Such an incredible story, a story that just has to be told! That’s when I knew I had to get to know this story too, and after reading the book, I had to see the movie. She said that the story, while telling me, gave her goosebumps all over again. A while ago when I was having a look at the cover of this book, the girl from the bookshop started telling me all about Saroo and his remarkable story. I think nothing beats a well meant and warm recommendation. Written by Saroo Brierley, published by Boekerij Lion will debut at the Toronto International Film Festival and hit US theaters on Thanksgiving from The Weinstein Company.Lion – A long way home Book : Lion – A long way home This remarkable journey shows us how home transcends borders and family transcends blood. Nicole Kidman, David Wenham, Rooney Mara (also at the Festival in Una and The Secret Scripture) and Tannishtha Chatterjee round out Lion’s all-star international cast, while Greig Fraser’s arresting photography conveys the overwhelming chaos and beauty of Saroo’s two worlds. Newcomer Sunny Pawar lights up the screen as the young boy, and Dev Patel delivers a deeply affecting performance as the adult Saroo. Adapting Brierley’s own book, A Long Way Home, screenwriter Luke Davies and first-time director Garth Davis infuse the story with quiet heartbreak. But the search for Saroo’s past threatens to overwhelm his present, and he finds himself further adrift than he ever imagined possible. Ingeniously using satellite images from Google Earth, he finds a lead to follow up on. It’s not until Saroo leaves that island as a young Australian man that he begins to wonder what became of his first home and the family he so adored. When an Australian couple adopts him, he is taken to live with them in Hobart, Tasmania. Homeless in a strange city where he doesn’t speak the language, Saroo gets by on his street smarts until he is taken in by a government orphanage. One night the two boys are separated on a train platform in their native Madhya Pradesh, and Saroo winds up nearly a thousand miles away in Calcutta. Eager to help his older brother Guddu with any odd job that will provide their family with much-needed money, Saroo follows Guddu everywhere he goes. Precocious five-year-old Saroo Khan is always up for an adventure. Lion is based on Saroo Brierly’s book “A Long Way Home” and his directed by Emmy-winner Garth Davis ( Top of the Lake), his first feature film.įrom the production team that brought us The King’s Speech comes Lion: the incredible true story of Saroo Brierley and his 25-year odyssey. Rooney Mara and Dev Patel find the long way home in LIONĪfter a sneak peak yesterday, today brings the full first trailer for LION, starring Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman and Rooney Mara in the true story of Saroo Khan, a young Indian boy who falls asleep on a train and ends up in Calcutta, separated from his family by thousands of miles.Īs an adult, Saroo (Dev Patel), with the help of his girlfriend (played by two-time Oscar nominee Rooney Mara), uses the advances of Google Earth to begin a long search for his family 25 years after being adopted by an Australian couple (played by Oscar winner Nicole Kidman and David Wenham). ![]()
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