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Synopsis
A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.
Cast
Rooney Mara
Lucy
Nicole Kidman
Sue Brierley
Dev Patel
Saroo Brierley
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Rama
Sunny Pawar
Young Saroo
Abhishek Bharate
Guddu
Priyanka Bose
Kamla
Director
Garth Davis
Writer
Luke Davies, Saroo Brierley
Composer
Volker Bertelmann, Dustin O'Halloran
Film details
Country
Great Britain / Australia / USA
Runtime
2 hours 9 minutes
Production year
2016
Online premiere
23 September 2016
World premiere
20 January 2016
Release date
| 16 February 2017 | Argentina | ||
| 19 January 2017 | Australia | ||
| 16 February 2017 | Belarus | ||
| 16 February 2017 | Brazil | ||
| 17 February 2017 | Bulgaria | ||
| 9 December 2016 | Canada | ||
| 23 February 2017 | Chile | ||
| 23 June 2017 | China | ||
| 17 February 2017 | Colombia | ||
| 5 January 2017 | Croatia | ||
| 26 January 2017 | Cyprus | ||
| 9 February 2017 | Denmark | ||
| 16 December 2016 | Egypt | ||
| 17 February 2017 | Estonia | ||
| 3 February 2017 | Finland | ||
| 22 February 2017 | France | ||
| 23 February 2017 | Germany | ||
| 20 January 2017 | Great Britain | ||
| 1 December 2016 | Greece | ||
| 8 February 2017 | Hong Kong | ||
| 1 December 2016 | Hungary | ||
| 25 November 2016 | Iceland | ||
| 24 February 2017 | India | ||
| 20 January 2016 | Ireland | ||
| 1 December 2016 | Israel | ||
| 22 December 2016 | Italy | ||
| 4 March 2017 | Japan | PG12 | |
| 16 February 2017 | Kazakhstan | ||
| 1 December 2016 | Kuwait | ||
| 17 February 2017 | Latvia | ||
| 3 March 2017 | Lithuania | ||
| 17 February 2017 | Mexico | ||
| 12 January 2017 | Netherlands | ||
| 19 January 2017 | New Zealand | ||
| 6 January 2017 | Norway | ||
| 23 February 2017 | Peru | ||
| 5 April 2017 | Philippines | ||
| 2 December 2016 | Poland | 16 | |
| 8 December 2016 | Portugal | ||
| 16 February 2017 | Russia | 16+ | |
| 24 November 2016 | Singapore | ||
| 20 January 2017 | South Africa | ||
| 1 February 2017 | South Korea | 12 | |
| 27 January 2017 | Spain | ||
| 25 December 2016 | Sweden | ||
| 23 February 2017 | Switzerland | 12 | |
| 3 March 2017 | Taiwan | ||
| 5 January 2017 | Thailand | ||
| 3 February 2017 | Turkey | ||
| 1 December 2016 | UAE | ||
| 6 January 2017 | USA | ||
| 2 March 2017 | Ukraine | ||
| 26 January 2017 | Uruguay |
MPAA
PG-13
Budget
$12,000,000
Worldwide Gross
$140,853,810
Production
See-Saw Films, The Weinstein Company, Screen Australia
Based on
“A Long Way Home” (Saroo Brierley, 2013)
Also known as
Lion, Un camino a casa, A Long Way Home, Lav, Лев, Lauva, Lev: Dolga pot domov, Lion - A Longa Estrada Para Casa, Lion - La strada verso casa, LION ライオン 25年目のただいま, Lion: Der lange Weg nach Hause, Lion: Uma Jornada para Casa, Lion. Droga do domu, Liūtas, Lõvi, Oroszlán, Saroo - ha'derekh ha'bai'ta, Saroo: Drumul spre acasă, Лъв: Стъпки към дома, 漫漫回家路, شیر, Lion – Der lange Weg nach Hause, LION/ライオン 〜25年目のただいま〜, LION／ライオン ～25年目のただいま～：2016, סארו : הדרך הביתה
Updated 22 February 2026
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Quotes
Saroo Brierley
I'm sorry you couldn't have your own kids.
Sue Brierley
What are you saying?
Saroo Brierley
We... we... weren't blank pages, were we? Like your own would have been. You weren't just adopting us but our past as well. I feel like we're killing you.
Sue Brierley
I could have had kids.
Saroo Brierley
What?
Sue Brierley
We chose not to have kids. We wanted the two of you. That's what we wanted. We wanted the two of you in our lives.That's what we chose.
[pause]
Sue Brierley
That's one of the reasons I fell in love with your dad.
[pause]
Sue Brierley
Because we both felt as if... the world has enough people in it. Have a child, couldn't guarantee it will make anything better. But to take a child that's suffering like you boys were. Give you a chance in the world. That's something.
Showtimes
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