There is a "Lion" in Everyone's Heart

Kacey 2022-07-11 20:30:12

Saro (played by Dev Patel) and his sister, brother, and mother live a life of mutual dependence. Although they are poor and hard, the family supports each other, and their days are still warm and full of joy. Saro and his brother got separated at the train station. In the accident, Saro boarded a train bound for Calcutta, where Saro became a street boy and was eventually killed. Sent to an asylum.

Luckily, Saro was adopted by John (David Wenham) and Sue (Nicole Kidman) from Australia. Promising youth. Under the loving parenting of the two, Saro grew into a promising future. At school, Salo meets a girl named Lucy (Rooney Mara), and the two quickly get together. At a certain party, food from his hometown brought back memories of Salo's past, and he had the idea of ​​returning to his hometown to find his family.

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Extended Reading
  • Domenick 2022-03-19 09:01:04

    The neat composition of the rule of thirds throughout the text; flashbacks of memory correspond to real scenes, bridges, mountains, water, trains, the editing is calm and majestic; the story of finding the roots is very simple, there are many tears, and two emotional lines are looking for a lost mother Only in the process of experiencing the real "mother"'s love. Dev played a similar role to slumdog millionaire, and perhaps he himself has always been eager to explore that land.

  • Misael 2022-03-22 09:01:33

    The first half can be watched, mainly due to the success of the child's casting, the second half is almost completely broken, full of neurotic flashbacks, and Rooney Mara seems to be tied to the bed scene...

Lion 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.

  • Saroo Brierley: Do you have any idea what it's like knowing my real brother and mother spent every day of their lives looking for me? Huh? How every day my real brother screams my name? Can you imagine the pain they must be in not knowing where I am?