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Lion

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8.0(7,102)20161h 58m11

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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Status
Released
Budget
$12M
Box office
$140.3M
Language
Bengali
  • australia
  • based on novel or book
  • adoption
  • affectation
  • biography
  • based on true story
  • india
  • missing child
  • long lost relative
  • tasmania
  • street child
  • dramatic

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Garth Davis

Produced in

Australia, United Kingdom, United States of America

Gallery

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Videos

Release dates

  • IndiaIN

    • TheatricalUA24 Feb 2017
  • United StatesUS

    • PremierePG-13San Diego Film Festival, Special Screening30 Sept 2016
    • Theatrical (limited)PG-1325 Nov 2016
    • TheatricalPG-136 Jan 2017
    • PhysicalPG-1321 Mar 2017
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereBFI London Film Festival12 Oct 2016
    • TheatricalPG20 Jan 2017
  • United Arab EmiratesAE

    • Theatrical1 Dec 2016
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalPG19 Jan 2017
  • CanadaCA

    • Premiere14AToronto International Film Festival10 Sept 2016
    • Theatrical (limited)14AToronto9 Dec 2016
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical16 Feb 2017
  • AustriaAT

    • Digital / OTT1224 Feb 2017
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1216 Feb 2017
  • BulgariaBG

    • Theatrical17 Feb 2017
  • ChileCL

    • Theatrical23 Feb 2017
  • ChinaCN

    • Theatrical23 Jun 2017

Frequently asked questions

Lion was released on 24 November 2016.

Audience reviews

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  • D

    djgri

    5/1/2017

    4/10

    An interesting true story. Film starts well and ends well. In the middle, there is a rapid acceleration from being a boy to being a man that misses out on a lot of an explanation as to how he ended up being the person he was. Quite boring in the middle of the film, which is a shame since the young actor was excellent.

  • R

    Reno

    6/26/2017

    9/10

    **Lost in India, found in Australia!** Based on the book 'A Long Way Home' that tells the story of a young Indian boy who lost his brother in a railway station in the night and the next morning he woke up thousands kilometers away from home. Not knowing the language or the address and the names of his family, he struggled from various threats in the society. After that he got adopted from an Australian family and …

  • F

    Filipe Manuel Neto

    1/7/2023

    8/10

    **A film of great quality, although marked by the duality of the script and by an excessive emotional appeal.** This film, for me, has one big point for it and one big point against it. The point in its favor is that it is consistently based on a true story, and as far as I can tell it has been relatively faithful to events. The downside is the fact that it is one of those films that constantly appeals to the publ…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    3/16/2025

    7/10

    Though it’s Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman who take top billing, it’s the hugely engaging Sunny Pawar who steals his scenes here as the young Saroo. He’s growing up in rural India with his elder brother Guddu (Abhishek Bharate) living fairly hand to mouth with their mother (Khushi Solanki) and so the two set off into the city to try to make some cash. Once they arrive, though, the young Saroo is too tired to accompany h…

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