Childhood memories inspire search for the past...
“Lion” is two stories. The first is the journey of an impoverished five-year-old boy from India, Saroo (Sunny Pawer), accidentally trapped on a train that takes him 1,0000 miles from home, alone and frightened. The second, set 25 years later, focuses on the adult Saroo (Dev Patel, “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”), curious about his heritage and determined to seek out his mother, brother, and his very roots.<br /><br />The film is especially intriguing because it is based on a true story. Saroo lives a nightmare as he desperately tries to escape a train that doesn’t stop for two days. When it arrives in Calcutta, he calls out for his older brother, mingles among the city’s throngs, and has no choice but to live in the subways and on the streets. Eventually, he’s placed with an agency and adopted by an Australian couple, John and Sue Brierley (David Wenham, Nicole Kidman).<br /><br />In Australia, he grows up, but is haunted by memories of his biological mother and his brother, whom he idolized. The only town name as he remembers it turns out to be nowhere in India. A friend suggests that from what Saroo recalls, he can use Google Maps and calculations from train schedules in India at the time to piece together clues and find out the true name of his home town.<br /><br />Like a detective, Saroo dedicates considerable time to setting up charts, examining old schedules, and using the computer to locate particular landmarks he remembers.<br /><br />Director Garth Davis shows the squalid conditions the poor endure in India — stealing coal from moving trains to barter for food, carrying rocks from a quarry, and using garbage piles as a playground. He shows the close relationship between Saroo and brother Guddu (Abhishek Bharate), who are inseparable. Saroo tags along everywhere with Guddu, who looks after his kid brother as they joke and play between the more serious tasks of trying to scrape together something to sell or trade.<br /><br />An atmosphere of danger pervades the scenes in which the young Saroo wanders alone in Calcutta as he encounters a series of adults whose motives are not always altruistic and often sinister. Instinct tells the little boy whom to trust and when to run. It appears he will never get back to his mother. Mr. Pawer is exceptional for such a youthful actor. He tears at your heart as he plaintively calls out “Guddu!” over and over in the hope that his brother will hear him.<br /><br />Best known for his roles in “Slumdog Millionaire” and the TV mini-series “The Newsroom,” Mr. Patel ably conveys the conflict of a child devoted to his adoptive parents but with a burning desire to learn more about his original heritage. He makes it his priority despite being keenly aware that, if discovered by his Australian Mom, it could be terribly hurtful.<br /><br />Rated PG-13, “Lion” is absorbing drama. The story is compelling and the performances first-rate. We never know what Saroo will find, if anything, but his efforts keep us involved and in suspense. It’s interesting that director Davis has devoted equal screen time to the two stories — the first of a lost boy trying to get home, and the second of a grown man pursuing the same goal with his childhood memories clouded by time.<br /><br />Bonus features on the Blu-ray release include deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes photo gallery, and the “Never Give Up” video, performed by Sia. A digital HD copy is included.
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