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Lion

Name: Lion
Genre: Drama
Released: 2015
Duration: 118 min

2015 · 118 min · Drama

A five-year-old boy accidentally swept a thousand miles across India survives the streets of Calcutta and is adopted by an Australian couple; twenty-five years later, armed only with fragments of memory, he sets out to find the family he lost. Based on a true story.

Runtime: 118 min
Genre: Drama
Mood: thoughtful · dreamlike
Entry: easy entry
Best for: first visit

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