Lion

Resource Information

The work Lion represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Lion

Statement of responsibility

The Weinstein Company presents ; in association with Screen Australia ; a See-Saw Films production ; produced by Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, Angie Fielder ; screenplay by Luke Davies ; directed by Garth Davis

Contributor

• Farren, Eamon
• Davis, Garth, (Director),
• Fielder, Angie
• Davies, Luke, 1962-
• Kidman, Nicole, 1967-
• Mara, Rooney,
• Canning, Iain,
• Brierley, Saroo
• Patel, Dev, 1990-
• Weinstein Company,
• Pawar, Sunny
• Sherman, Emile,
• See-Saw Films,
• Siddiqui, Nawazuddin
• Screen Australia,
• Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc.,
• Wenham, David, 1965-

Actor

• Siddiqui, Nawazuddin
• Wenham, David, 1965-
• Mara, Rooney,
• Kidman, Nicole, 1967-
• Farren, Eamon
• Patel, Dev, 1990-
• Pawar, Sunny

Film director

• Davis, Garth, (Director),

Film distributor

• Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc.,

Film producer

• Canning, Iain,
• Fielder, Angie
• Sherman, Emile,

Production company

• Screen Australia,
• Weinstein Company,
• See-Saw Films,

Screenwriter

• Davies, Luke, 1962-

Subject

• Intercountry adoption -- Australia | Tasmania -- Drama
• Kolkata (India) -- Drama
• Missing children -- India -- Drama
• Orphanages -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• East Indians -- Australia -- Drama
• Brierley, Saroo -- Drama
• Birthparents -- India -- Identification -- Drama
• Intercountry adoption -- India -- Drama
• Adopted children -- Australia | Tasmania -- Drama
• Adopted children -- India -- Drama
• Adoptive parents -- Drama
• Biographical films
• Hobart (Tas.) -- Drama
• Film adaptations
• Fiction films
• Feature films

Genre

• Fiction films
• Biographical films
• Drama
• Feature films
• Film adaptations
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• fre
• eng
• eng

Summary

Five-year-old Saroo gets lost on a train which takes him thousands of kilometers across India, away from home and family. Saroo must learn to survive alone in Kolkata, before ultimately being adopted by an Australian couple. Twenty-five years later, armed with only a handful of memories, his unwavering determination, and a revolutionary technology known as Google Earth, he sets out to find his lost family and finally return to his first home

Member of

• Lion (Motion picture : 2016)
• Lion (Motion picture : 2016)

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Dewey number

791.4372

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic material and some sensuality

Language note

In English or French; Spanish or French subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH)

LC call number

PN1997.2

LC item number

.L566 2017

PerformerNote

Dev Patel, Rooney Mara, David Wenham, Nicole Kidman, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sunny Pawar, Eamon Farren

Runtime

119

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action