And so he decides to find out where his home village is – with the help of Google Earth and sophisticated calculations on the possible distance travelled by that fateful train – and to look for his biological family.
Grateful to his adoptive parents, he has forgotten his roots, until an Indian speciality he tries at a dinner with friends unlocks a world of memories, like Proust’s madeleine. A life on the streets, child trafficking, and an orphanage: awaiting him is a life of extreme abandonment, but one in which Saroo meets other children just like him, who offer him a helping hand.Īdopted by a loving Australian couple (she played by Kidman, he by David Wenham), we find Saroo 25 years later, in Melbourne, living a calm and fulfilled life, in love with a girl called Lucy (Rooney Mara). He got on the train looking for his big brother Guddu, who left him asleep at the station with the promise that he would come back for him, and ends up finding himself in Calcutta, thousands of miles from home. When young Saroo (played by the outstanding Sunny Pawar) gets on an empty train that leaves and then doesn’t stop, we immediately feel for him, in the midst of his shouts and sobs. Shown in the Official Selection of the 11 th Rome Film Fest, after having its world premiere at Toronto, Lion is a painful portrayal of society, a reflection on one’s roots and an epic human adventure all rolled into one, which moves the audience without slipping into melodrama.
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