Five-year-old Saroo gets lost on a train which takes him thousands of kilometers across India, away from home and family. Saroo must learn to survive alone in Kolkata, before ultimately being adopted by an Australian couple. Twenty-five years later, armed with only a handful of memories, his unwavering determination, and a revolutionary technology known as Google Earth, he sets out to find his lost family and finally return to his first home.
Publisher:Santa Monica, CA : Anchor Bay Entertainment, [2017]
General Note: In English or French; Spanish or French subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).Special features: Deleted scenes; Behind the scenes gallery; "Never Give Up" performed by Sia, official lyric video.Title from container.Widescreen (2.40:1)Adapted from the book "A Long Way Home" by Saroo Brierley.Originally released as a motion picture in 2016.
Participant or Performer Note: Dev Patel, Rooney Mara, David Wenham, Nicole Kidman, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sunny Pawar, Eamon Farren.
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MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic material and some sensuality.