LION

STUDENT:
MILLONES SIPION, FRANK
 Lion, originally titled A Long Way Home, is an
Australian-American drama film directed by Garth
Davis and written by Luke Davies.

It is based on the autobiographical story of

Australian businessman Saroo Brierley and his
nonfiction book, A Long Way Home, published
in 2013.

It stars Dev Patel and Sunny Pawar

(who plays the part of the boy),
Rooney Mara, David Wenham and
Nicole Kidman.
 The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Film in February 2017.
 Production began in West India from Calcutta in January 2015.
 It treats the story of Saroo, a boy of 5 years that is lost in a train that
takes it away from his house and his family.
Scared and bewildered, he ends up in the chaotic city of Calcutta,
miles from home.
 Somehow he survives in the streets and escapes the small terrors
before falling into an orphanage, which in itself is not a safe haven.
Eventually Saroo is adopted by an Australian couple, where he finds
love and security while growing up in Hobart.
 Not to hurt the feelings of their adoptive parents, it suppresses their past, their
emotional need for reunification and their hope of finding their lost mother
and brother.
But a fortuitous encounter with some of his compatriots again awakens his
longing buried.
With just a handful of memories and the help of a new technology called
Google Earth, Saroo embarks on one of the most difficult searches of modern
times.
 I strongly recommend Lion because it is an emotional tape that is
worth seeing for its performances and for its incredible story behind,
as it might well belong to a fictional novel but it is a true story.

Also because in India there are many cases of missing children.