GIF gallery

Happy Saroo

Saroo running train tracks

Adult Saroo with his friends

Saroo running in his hometown as a child and adult


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Picture gallery

Saroo with his brother Guddu before he got lost.



Saroo in the train without any idea where is he going.

Saroo was very scared because he was all alone in the big city at  night.

Saroo found children's home. He was just thinking does he ever see his family anymore.

Saroo was adopted to Australia. In this photo he is with his new mom Sue.

Saroo got new step-brother, Mantosh.

Saroo with his girlfriend Lucy.

                                                   



Saroo started to get interested about his past and he started to look some information.

It was more difficult than he expected.



Saroo in his old hometown. 





         

Saroo's and his mother lovely reunion 

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Main characters

Saroo (child):  He is the main character at the film. Saroo is cute five year old boy who live in India. Usually he take care of his little sister and help his mother with household chores. He also like help his brother, Guddu, with different kind of jobs.

Saroo (adult): Adult Saroo is restrained about 30-year old man who lives in Australia with his step-brother Mantosh and with his adoptive parents. He is studying hotel and cartering industry where he meets his future girlfriend.

Sue: Sue is Saroo's adoptive mother. She loves her boys Saroo and Mantosh. She didn't adopted Saroo and Mantosh because of that she cant get any kids  but because she thought there weere already enought children in the world.

Lucy: Lucy is Saroo's girlfriend and they lives in their common house near the beach. Lucy likes jogging and spending times with friends. End of the film Lucy become very concerned about Saroo.

Mantosh: Mantosh is Saroo's adoptive brother. He is a little mentally retarded . When Saroo and Mantosh were children they liked to hang out together. As an adult Mantosh has become a drunkard and his life doesn't go very well.  Saroo have to take care of him and ensure that Mantosh doesn't make more worries to their mom.

Saroo`s girlfriend Lucy

Saroo (adult)

Saroo (child)

Sue (mom)

Guddu (brother)

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Plot

Saroo was a five-year-old boy when he got lost in a train station in India. Big brother, Guddu, thought already in the beginning that it was bad idea to took Saroo with him to do works at night. Saroo didn't believe it and he just tried to prove how strong he was. Finally Guddu agreed it and that was his worst    decision ever.

After two week wandering Saroo was over 1500 miles away home. Finding his family was very difficult because Saroo didn't even remember where he had become or what was his mom name. Saroo ended up in a orphanage where he selected to be adopted to Australia. Readjustment was first hard because Saroo didn't speak any English at all.
When Saroo is 25-year-old he begin to see snippets of his past. Snippets and dreams afflict Saroo so much that he have to find out of them. That isn't so easy what Saroo first thinks, above this all his relationship goes wrong. Does Saroo ever find his original home?

 

Trailer and basic facts

Lion trailer

                                                                        BASIC FACTS:

Original name: A long way home
Genre: drama
Year of publication and counrty: 2016, Russia
Film director: Garth Davis
Scenartist: Luke Davis
Picture: Greig Fraser
Editor: Alexandre de Franceschi
Music: Dustin O'Halloran and Volker Bertelmann
Sound department: sound editor: Patrice Girard and the group
Scenery: Nicki Gardiner and Seema Kashyap
Producer: Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, Angie Fielder
Starring: Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman and Rooney Mara
Duration: 2 hours


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