Lion

Based On the book by Saroo Brierley

Lion is a 2016 Australian biographical drama film directed by Garth Davis (in his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Luke Davies based on the 2013 nonfiction book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley. The film stars Dev Patel, Sunny Pawar, Rooney Mara, David Wenham, and Nicole Kidman, as well as Abhishek Bharate, Divian Ladwa, Priyanka Bose, Deepti Naval, Tannishtha Chatterjee, and Nawazuddin Siddiqui. It tells the true story of how Brierley, 25 years after being separated from his family in India, set out to find them. It was a joint production between Australia and the United Kingdom.

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Release date:

July 1, 2015

Director:

Garth Davis

Cast:

Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara, David Wenham, Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Genre:

Drama, Biographical

Country:

United States, United Kingdom, Australia

Language:

English

Year page:

2015 in adaptations