These realizations of his childhood lead Saroo on a mission to find his hometown and the family that he left behind. Lost, with no idea how to get home, Saroo was later adopted by Sue (Nicole Kidman) and John Brierley (David Wenham) in Australia. As he explains to girlfriend Lucy (Rooney Mara) and others, when he was five, he inadvertently boarded a train and rode for several days away from his village.
In Lion, adult man Saroo (Dev Patel) begins to remember things from his childhood that he never remembered before, specifically his early years. After screening at various film festivals, Lion opened in theaters on November 25, 2016.
The drama film was directed by Garth Davis using a screenplay Luke Davies adapted from the non-fiction book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley and Larry Buttrose. Lion movie quotes help tell the story portrayed in the film of an adopted man who goes to great lengths to find his birth family.
