Simple but touching, tears

Robin 2022-01-27 08:05:20

A young Indian boy went out to work with his brother. After getting lost, he went through ups and downs and was sent to a shelter. After escaping, he was almost abducted and sold. The boy went to the shelter because he couldn't remember the name of his hometown. Finally adopted by a couple in Australia, he enjoys endless love and a good education. After finishing his studies, he still misses his mother and brother in his hometown. A study tour in India made him have a strong desire to return home. After 25 years of twists and turns, I finally found my hometown through Google Maps. The way home is so long and yet so short, following the path in memory to find the dilapidated little house. He told the whole story, and after the guidance of the locals, he finally saw his mother and sister who had stayed where they were and refused to move for 25 years. It's a pity that my brother was hit and killed by a train on the day he went missing. He walked past the place where he played with his brother, and his brother seemed to be with him...

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  • Davon 2022-03-21 09:01:38

    The soundtrack is good, the little actors are good, and the first half is good. Others are not very good, moving and failing. I Rooney played a super cute bad character, I feel bad.

  • 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.

Lion quotes

  • [discussing how to find Saroo's family]

    Dinner Guests: What paper trail?

    Saroo Brierley: My mum could not read or write.

    Dinner Guests: What did she do?

    Saroo Brierley: A labourer... she carried rocks.

  • 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.