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Lion (2016)
- PG-13
- 09/30/2016 (US)
- Drama
- 1h 58m
The search begins
Overview
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.
Garth Davis
DirectorLuke Davies
ScreenplayCast
![Dev Patel's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/1g07SUVwZHvKgM1Z7H4RYIEOXcm.jpg)
Dev Patel
Saroo Brierley![Rooney Mara's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/ixcGTDGHtwaQnNLpLS1S7V01DUJ.jpg)
Rooney Mara
Lucy![David Wenham's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/F7CWSqUE75HtrcdqIQ7UMZ9aTX.jpg)
David Wenham
John Brierley![Nicole Kidman's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/lfW2cDigTcvuoe4k6UfCdGVE1R6.jpg)
Nicole Kidman
Sue BrierleyAbhishek Bharate
Guddu![Divian Ladwa's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/fSiX3vqxNBbjNXgykSgKqFDHffj.jpg)
Divian Ladwa
Mantosh Brierley![Priyanka Bose's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/2sISoCre8JbMZgx8ZWjLF02X4FN.jpg)
Priyanka Bose
Kamla Munshi![Deepti Naval's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/gkIcS0VWXD0FiqF4Ez4hMs8wnX2.jpg)