![]() Even if that baby/child is loved and grows in that new mom’s heart.Ĭhildren wonder. Memory exists even if a good mom comes to take the first mom’s place. And in past history, if the adoption is later than birth. In every adopted child, a memory of the first mother lives in their bones and skin. ![]() It’s a happy life, with privilege he never knew only complicated by the adoption of a brother, Mantosh ( Divian Ladwa) traumatized and troubled. He’s off to Tasmania to begin a new life. Finally Saroo’s being groomed for adoption by a loving Australian couple, Sue ( Nichole Kidman) and John Brierley ( David Wenham). In Calcutta, Saroo has another long but different journey first living on the streets then in a shelter for homeless children. And because a five-year-old has that first mom inside him (Amma, played by Priyanka Bose) he never really forgets. And to take in the love of another mom and dad, because he knew love is loving, and desperately needs safety and love.īut memory isn’t put aside forever. His strong spirit also makes it possible to put his terror aside go on adapt, “forget” that he is scared without his family. The determination that got him into trouble, but a determination and resilience that proves to save him. Yet, Saroo is a sturdy and determined boy. He can’t pronounce the name of his city, he can’t tell anyone where home is. There, Saroo is a lost little boy with no older brother to protect him, no mother, and no family, alone in a strange city, in the midst of people who don’t speak his language. It’s a thousand miles to Calcutta before the train stops. The train suddenly starts moving a panicked little boy’s calls turn to screams. Thinking Guddu must be on the train, Saroo jumps aboard and calls for him. ![]() Guddu tells Saroo to nap on a bench by the train tracks and not to move until he comes back. Night falls and a tired little boy can’t go on. But this delicacy proves to be his first clue to finding his way home. Walking towards the train station, they pass a street vendor and Saroo sees his favorite dessert frying, Jalebi. But a determined Saroo shows Guddu how strong he is. Guddu, at first, tells Saroo he’s too little and must stay at home. Saroo and his older brother Guddu ( Abhishek Bharate) set out one night to scavenge for money and food for their fatherless family. As this touching, heart-wrenching, inspiring film unfolds finding home is what a very determined Saroo Brierley ( Dev Patel) will finally do – 25 years later. This little boy accidentally finds himself on a train taking him far, far from home, where he can’t speak the language and has no one to help him find his way back. Where is home? That’s the complicated question at the heart of Garth Davis’ film Lion, for a lost, bewildered, illiterate, scared, traumatized, stoically brave, and lovingly gentle 5-year-old boy, Saroo ( Sunny Pawar).
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