![]() ![]() And that's why Wes doesn't want to tell Lindsey that he has been offered a job on a nine-month tour with with a rock singer by the manager (Brian Robinson) Lindsey brought in to watch them perform in hoping to sign them or at least her as an act. That's why Wes naturally has more connections in the business, like a friend of his currently being on tour with one of Lindsey's favorite singers, country star Cassie (Marie Osmond). He has a greater ability to improvise being a jazz aficionado, and that general relaxed nature makes him outwardly more affable and approachable, which bothers Lindsey as he generally gets more attention than she. Their reluctance is due to each being the antithesis of the other-Lindsey being hard working and classically trained and as such is always seeking perfection in her meticulous plans, while Wes is more relaxed and carefree. It is slated for release in Poland, Greece, Portugal, Sweden, Croatia, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Hungary and Germany, as well as Singapore, Canada, the United States and Australia for sometime between November 2016 and February 2017.Lindsey Scott (Marla Sokoloff) and Wes Bailey (Rob Mayes) are reluctant partners in a New Orleans dueling-pianos/singing act, performing primarily in a Bourbon Street lounge on the approach to Christmas. The viewer is pulled right in, and stays right there with him, by the side of the little big Saroo, including throughout his moving journey home.Ĭo-produced by the United Kingdom ( See-Saw Films), Australia and the United States, Lion will be released in Italian theatres on 22 December with Eagle Pictures. The images from Google Earth, zoom after zoom, start to mesh with his distant memories, in a breathtaking crescendo. Even the shacks and dirt take on a certain beauty, as it was there that his people were born and live. But as soon as the protagonist decides to reconnect with his past, quick flashbacks start alternating with his present-day reality, evoking memories and stirring feelings within him: his mother’s embrace, his brother’s face, the train, the river, his home. After a first part focussed on Saroo as a youngster, the director shows us what became of that docile and fearful child. In Lion it is the editing that is charged with emotion. ![]() He becomes almost obsessed, driven by a deep sense of guilt: how could he forget them? How many times must his mother have cried his name? What remorse must his brother feel? And so he decides to find out where his home village is – with the help of Google Earth and sophisticated calculations on the possible distance travelled by that fateful train – and to look for his biological family. Grateful to his adoptive parents, he has forgotten his roots, until an Indian speciality he tries at a dinner with friends unlocks a world of memories, like Proust’s madeleine. A life on the streets, child trafficking, and an orphanage: awaiting him is a life of extreme abandonment, but one in which Saroo meets other children just like him, who offer him a helping hand.Īdopted by a loving Australian couple (she played by Kidman, he by David Wenham), we find Saroo 25 years later, in Melbourne, living a calm and fulfilled life, in love with a girl called Lucy (Rooney Mara). He got on the train looking for his big brother Guddu, who left him asleep at the station with the promise that he would come back for him, and ends up finding himself in Calcutta, thousands of miles from home. When young Saroo (played by the outstanding Sunny Pawar) gets on an empty train that leaves and then doesn’t stop, we immediately feel for him, in the midst of his shouts and sobs. ![]() Shown in the Official Selection of the 11 th Rome Film Fest, after having its world premiere at Toronto, Lion is a painful portrayal of society, a reflection on one’s roots and an epic human adventure all rolled into one, which moves the audience without slipping into melodrama. ![]()
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