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.

Directed by: Garth Davis

Written by: Luke Davies

Music by: Volker Bertelmann, Dustin O'Halloran

Starring: Dev Patel, Rooney Mara, David Wenham, Nicole Kidman, Sunny Pawar, Abhishek Bharate, Priyanka Bose, Divian Ladwa, Deepti Naval, Tannishtha Chatterjee

Genre: Drama

Released: 2016-11-24

Runtime: 118 minutes

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Lion (2016): trivia & fun facts

Fun facts

• Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman were cast in the film in October 2014.
• Lion grossed $51.7 million in the United States and Canada and $89.1 million in other countries for a worldwide total of $140.9 million, against a production budget of $12 million.
• In its limited opening weekend in the United States and Canada, the film made $123,360 from four theatres (an average of $30,840, the highest of the weekend).
• Principal photography on the film began in January 2015 in Kolkata, India.
• The film was also commercially successful, making $140 million worldwide and becoming one of the highest-grossing Australian films of all time.
• Lion had its world premiere on 10 September 2016 at the Toronto International Film Festival.
• A special red carpet charity event for its Tasmanian premiere was attended by the film's subject, Saroo Brierley, and his family at the State Cinema in December 2016.

Source: Wikipedia

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