Friday 28th July 2017 - ĊAK, Birkirkara

LION 1h 58min – Biography, Drama – 6 January 2017 (USA)

A five year old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in . 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

Director:

Writers: Saroo Brierley (adapeted from the book ""), Luke Davies (screenplay)

Music by: Volker Bertelmann, Dustin O'Halloran

Cast:

Sunny Pawar ... Young Saroo

Abhishek Bharate ... Guddu

Priyanka Bose ... Kamla

Khushi Solanki ... Young Shekila

Shankar Nisode ... Shankar

Tannishtha Chatterjee ... Noor

Nawazuddin Siddiqui ... Rama

Riddhi Sen ... Café Man

David Wenham ... John Brierley ... Sue Brierley

The story In 1986, Saroo was a five-year-old child in of a poor but happy rural family. On a trip with his brother, Saroo soon finds himself alone and trapped in a moving decommissioned passenger train that takes him to Calcutta, 1500 miles away from home. Now totally lost in an alien urban environment and too young to identify either himself or his home to the authorities, Saroo struggles to survive as a street child until he is sent to an orphanage. Soon, Saroo is selected to be adopted by the Brierley family in , where he grows up in a loving, prosperous home. However, for all his material good fortune, Saroo finds himself plagued by his memories of his lost family in his adulthood and tries to search for them even as his guilt drives him to hide this quest from his adoptive parents and his girlfriend. Only when he has an epiphany does he realize not only the answers he needs, but also the steadfast love that he has always had with all his loved ones in both worlds.

Director: Garth Davis Originally a fine artist and designer, Garth Davis is an internationally renowned commercials director. He won gold at the London International Award show, the prized Gold Lion at Cannes, and in 2010 received a finalist nomination from the DGA (Directors Guild of America) for best commercials director.

Awards (32 wins & 70 nominations): Academy Awards, USA 2017: 9 Nominations: Best Motion Picture of the Year, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting role , Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Nicole Kidman, Best Adaped Screen Play, Best Achievement in Cinematography, Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (original score). BAFTA Awards 2017: Won. Best Supporting Actor Dev Patel. Best Screenplay Luck Davies. AACTA International Awards 2017: Won: Best Supporting Actor Dev Patel. Best Supporting Actress Nicole Kidman.

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