Overview
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.
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Awards
Won 14 awards, including the AACTA Awards for Best Film and Best Direction (2017)
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Nominations
7 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best Picture (2017)
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Box office
Grossed $140M worldwide, about 11.7 times its $12M budget
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Based on
Based on the novel A Long Way Home
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Filming locations
Filmed in Kolkata, Khandwa, Melbourne and Hobart
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Setting
Set in Kolkata, Melbourne, Khandwa and Hobart
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Music
Music by Hauschka, Dustin O'Halloran and Sia
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Greig Fraser
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Luke DaviesScreenplay
- Saroo BrierleyBook
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 24, 2016
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $12M
- Revenue
- $140.3M
- Countries
- Australia, United Kingdom, United States of America
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Cast
Dev PatelSaroo Brierley
Rooney MaraLucy
David WenhamJohn Brierley
Nicole KidmanSue Brierley
Sunny PawarYoung Saroo
Abhishek BharateGuddu
Priyanka BoseKamla Munshi
Divian LadwaMantosh Brierley
Deepti NavalSaroj Sood
Tannishtha ChatterjeeNoor
Nawazuddin SiddiquiRama- Keshav JadhavYoung Mantosh
Arka DasSami
Pallavi ShardaPrama
Sachin JoabBharat
Menik GooneratneSwarmina
Emilie CocquerelAnnika
Eamon FarrenLuke- Rohini KargaiyaShekila
Benjamin RigbyWaiter
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