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Lion is a 2016 Australian biographical drama film directed by Garth Davis (in his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Luke Davies based on the 2013 non-fiction book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley.
- Saroo Brierley
Saroo Brierley (born c. 1981) is an Indian-born Australian...
- Saroo Brierley
Luke Davies is a poet, novelist and screenwriter, known for Lion (2016), Candy (2006) and Life (2015). His books have won many awards, including the inaugural Prime Minister's Literary Award for Poetry for his volume Interferon Psalms, and the Age Book of the Year prize for his volume Totem.
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Lion is a 2016 Australian biographical film directed by Garth Davis (in his feature debut) and written by Luke Davies, based on the non-fiction book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley with Larry Buttrose.
His best known works are Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction (which was adapted for the screen in 2006) and the screenplay for the film Lion, which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Feb 24, 2017 · The film— released at festivals this past falls and in theatres in January— has also been nominated for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (for Dev Patel, who plays the real life protagonist Saroo Brierley as an adult) and Best Supporting Actress (Nicole Kidman, who plays his adopted mother).
Luke Davies. Featuring. Dev Patel, Rooney Mara, David Wenham. Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman lead the cast in this rousing true tale of a lost Indian child, adopted by Australian parents, searching for home.
Jan 6, 2017 · A five-year-old Indian boy is adopted by an Australian couple after getting lost hundreds of kilometers from home. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family. Director. Garth Davis. Writers. Saroo Brierley. Luke Davies. Stars. Dev Patel. Nicole Kidman. Rooney Mara. See production info at IMDbPro. STREAMING. +5. Add to Watchlist.
