Project Detail

Lion

Synopsis

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 an Australian couple. 25 years later, using Google Earth, he sets out to find his lost family.
Adapted from Saroo Brierly's incredible true story ‘A Long Way Home’.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2016 - Special Presentations - World premiere

Details

Year: 2016
Type of film: Features
Running time: 129 mins
Director: Garth Davis 1st Feature
Producer: Iain Canning, Angie Fielder, Emile Sherman
Executive Producer: Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, David C. Glasser, Andrew Fraser, Shahen Mekertichian, Daniel Levin
Editor: Alexandre de Franceschi
Screenwriter: Luke Davies (screenplay), Saroo Brierley (novel), Larry Buttrose (novel)
Director of Photography: Greig Fraser
Sound: Robert Mackenzie
Composer: Volker Bertelmann, Dustin O'Halloran
Principal cast: Dev Patel, Rooney Mara, Nicole Kidman, David Wenham

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Australia production

Screen Australia (AU), Sunstar Entertainment (AU), See-Saw Films (AU), The Weinstein Company (US)

See-Saw Films (Australia)

2 Paddington Street
Paddington
2021 Sydney
Australia

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Sales Company

The Weinstein Company

99 Hudson Street, 4th Floor
NY 10013
New York
USA

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