Lion (2016)
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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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- $12M
- Box office
- $140.3M
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Dev PatelSaroo Brierley
Rooney MaraLucy
David WenhamJohn Brierley
Nicole KidmanSue Brierley
Abhishek BharateGuddu
Divian LadwaMantosh Brierley
Priyanka BoseKamla Munshi
Deepti NavalSaroj Sood
Tannishtha ChatterjeeNoor
Nawazuddin SiddiquiRama
Sunny PawarYoung SarooKeshav JadhavYoung MantoshKeywords
Based on novel or bookBiographyBased on a true storyAustraliaMissing childAdoptionIndiaLong lost relativeTasmaniaStreet childBased on true story
Movie DNA
Genre affinityDramaTheme affinityBased On Novel Or Book · Biography · Based On A True StoryDialogue densityDramaDirector preference69065Actor preference51052 · 69037 · 21319Country preferenceAu
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What is Lion about?
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.
How long is Lion?
Lion has a runtime of 118 minutes.
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