It is a contrast in privilege and poverty. Based on the true life events of Saroo Brierley, Davis, along with screenwriter Luke Davies, elevate the genre cliché of an adopted man searching for his family, and turn it into something powerful. He challenges the traditional notion of family and identity through his lead character’s emotional journey of rediscovery. In his directorial debut, Garth Davis sinks his hooks deeply into your heart. What follows is the deconstruction and rebuilding of an incredibly determined young man. Realizing that as a child he was lost, he begins searching for his family. Twenty-five years later, Saroo’s memories to his earlier life revive unexpectedly. After a stranger discovers him in the streets, the authorities place Saroo in an orphanage until adopted by a couple in Australia. Confused and too young to explain what happened, Saroo survives on the streets for two months. After thousands of miles, Saroo lands in Calcutta. While waiting for his brother, five-year-old Saroo falls asleep on an empty train and wakes to discover it is traveling across India. Lion is a film that makes you ache from beginning to end as you follow Saroo from childhood to adulthood and then back again. Truth be told, I did not think I was going to make it through Lion.
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