Hello
everyone,
For this Wednesday, we are showing an Australian
movie "Lion", directed by Garth Davis
(more details below).
Please feel free to pass the message around and
invite your friends. Hope you can join us.
Regards,
Tom Co
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Title: Lion
Date and Time: Wednesday, May 3, 6:30-9
Place: 308 Cooper Ave, Hancock
Director: Garth Davis
Partial List of Characters:
Sunny Pawar
Dev Patel
Nicole Kidman
Rooney Mara
David Wenham
Abhishek Bharate
Deepti Naval
US Rating: PG
Language: English, Hindi and Bengali
(with English subtitles)
Length: 118 mins
Media: Bluray, color
Summary: (from www.imdb.com)
"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."
My Comments:
Based on a true story. Nice cinematography
and acting is mostly good, specially by
Sunny Panwar and Nicole Kidman. I found
the first part which is set in India is much
better than the second part which is set in
Australia (some melodrama involved). Overall,
an interesting story.
