Lion (2016)
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- Released
- Runtime 1h 58m
- Director Garth Davis
- Genres Drama
- Rating 8.0/10 (7,060 votes)
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.
Cast
-
Dev Patel
as Saroo Brierley
-
Rooney Mara
as Lucy
-
David Wenham
as John Brierley
-
Nicole Kidman
as Sue Brierley
-
Abhishek Bharate
as Guddu
-
Divian Ladwa
as Mantosh Brierley
-
Priyanka Bose
as Kamla Munshi
-
Deepti Naval
as Saroj Sood
-
Tannishtha Chatterjee
as Noor
-
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
as Rama
-
Sunny Pawar
as Young Saroo
- Keshav Jadhav as Young Mantosh
-
Benjamin Rigby
as Waiter
-
Kaushik Sen
as Police Official
-
Riddhi Sen
as Cafe Man
-
Arka Das
as Sami
-
Emilie Cocquerel
as Annika
-
Pallavi Sharda
as Prama
Crew
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Garth Davis
Director
-
Greig Fraser
Director of Photography
- Alexandre de Franceschi Editor
-
Volker Bertelmann
Original Music Composer
-
Dustin O'Halloran
Original Music Composer
-
Iain Canning
Producer
-
Emile Sherman
Producer
- Angie Fielder Producer
- Luke Davies Screenplay
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