Lion (2016)

Academy Awards, USA 2017

Nominated Oscar	Best Motion Picture of the Year Iain Canning Angie Fielder Emile Sherman
	Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Dev Patel
	Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Nicole Kidman
	Best Adapted Screenplay Luke Davies
	Best Achievement in Cinematography Greig Fraser
	Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score) Dustin O'Halloran Volker Bertelmann

The Weinstein Company
Directed by Garth Davis
My rating: 3.5 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Lionsgate)

A young boy is separated from his brother at a train station, then wakes up on an empty cross country train that brings him to Calcutta. Not knowing where he is, or where he came from, he survives on the streets around the train station. He is taken in by a friendly woman, only to run away when he senses her boyfriend is up to no good. On the streets again, he eventually ends up at state run orphanage for "lost children". Unable to recall enough information to get him home, he is adopted by a friendly Australian couple. Twenty years pass and as a young adult in Australia he begins to have flashbacks of his childhood in India. Using Google Earth, he is able to locate his home and travels there for a reunion with his family. Beautifully filmed debut from director Gart Davis packs an emotional wallop: from the harrowing experiences of the lost young boy on the rough streets of Calcutta to the final reunion, this is going to leave most people in tears. Incredibly, based on a true story.