LION A LONG WAY HOME MOVIE
I kid you not, I could hear the whole theatre crying during several parts of the movie and most people had tissues in their hands. Do children every fully recover from traumatic childhood experiences? Does one forget their original family if they never see them again after the age of 5? As an adopted child do you ever completely feel like you fit into your new life? What is the bond with your adoptive parents like? The film touches upon all these themes while primarily being about the physical and emotional journey of a young man finding his way back home with very few clues to work with.
The movie explores some great themes: What happens to lost children in developing countries? How do poor, illiterate citizens of a country go about finding their lost children.who helps them? What are the dangers faced by these lost children? Why do certain people choose to adopt? How do adopted children adapt to their surroundings? Especially when they're transplanted so many miles away from home where they do not even speak the language. It would be difficult to watch any child go through what he did and the fact that he was absolutely adorable looking made it even harder. Special shoutout to the young actor who played little Saroo. He managed to make you feel the character's pain just by the way he looked at a jalebi (indian sweet that his brother and him fantasized about back in India).
There wasn't a single scene in the movie which doesn't suck you in. The fact that one boy survived this situation and went on to tell his story is very inspiring and this fantastic film did justice to showing it on screen. They either end up dead or in the hands of heartless people who use children for various illegal / unethical operations. This happens there everyday.and most children never find their way back. I mean just the thought of a 5 year old separated from his family for 25 years is bad enough, add in the fact that he was lost in India, a country of over a billion people and was the child of an uneducated poor single mother and you are looking at a very stressful situation. I saw the trailer a few days before the screening and I have to admit the trailer alone made me a little emotional. Saroo's return journey will leave you weeping with joy and the strength of the human spirit' Manly Daily (Australia) 'We urge you to step behind the headlines and have a read of this absorbing account.With clear recollections and good old-fashioned storytelling, Saroo.Just saw this at TIFF.
LION A LONG WAY HOME FREE
'Amazing stuff' The New York Post 'So incredible that sometimes it reads like a work of fiction' Winnipeg Free Press (Canada) 'A remarkable story' Sydney Morning Herald Review 'I literally could not put this book down. Lion is a triumphant true story of survival against all odds and a shining example of the extraordinary feats we can achieve when hope endures. How he then ended up in Tasmania, living the life of an upper-middle-class Aussie.Īnd how, at thirty years old, with some dogged determination, a heap of good luck and the power of Google Earth, he found his way back home. How he ended up on the streets of Calcutta. This is the story of what happened to Saroo in those twenty-five years. Until the day he boarded a train alone and got lost. Five-year-old Saroo lived in a poor village in India, in a one-room hut with his mother and three siblings. He admires his mother Kamla, and his older brothers Guddu and Kallu. As an adult, he attempts to piece together his old memories and find his. Twenty-five years later, I crossed the world to find my way back home. The author and narrator of the book, Saroo was born Sheru in the central Indian town of Khandwa. Summary: A little boy gets lost on a train and ends up thousands of miles from home. As a five-year old in India, I got lost on a train. This is the heart breaking and original tale of the lost little boy who found his way home twenty-five years later. Discover the inspiring, true story behind the film, Lion. Īged just five, Saroo Brierley lost all contact with his family in India, after waiting at a train station for his brother who never returned. NOMINATED FOR SIX OSCARS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE, SUPPORTING ACTOR AND SUPPORTING ACTRESS.
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