![]() ![]() Lion is one of those films that will appeal to everyone and it has a very long after-taste. It comes at the end of a very mixed year for Australian film, with some of the world's finest produced but many that are less than inspiring. This film offers an immensely satisfying cinematic experience: visually stunning, narratively powerful, and an emotional whirlwind. The colour palette is exotic, sound track emotionally intense, and the directing finds a rhythm that is almost orchestral. Some of the most powerful scenes are shot from the eye-level of a terrified lost boy jostled by masses of humanity and the close-ups of Saroo's painful face desperate to know home. The camera-work is both expansive and intimate, shifting often from sweeping aerial panoramas of mountainous Indian countryside and tranquil Tasmanian waterways to narrow winding alleys, village markets, and the inner-world of Saroo's turmoil. The cinematography is brilliant, especially the filming in India. Part B Which of these sentences from the selection from A Long Way Home best illustrates the answer to Part A. Acting performances are outstanding: Nicole Kidman is at her best while the five year-old Saroo (Sunny Pawar) is the heart of the film and Dev Patel its soul. The Question and Answer section for A Long Way Home is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel. The storytelling is more than engaging: it is so captivating that the two-hour run-time feels like an hour. There is so much that makes this film stand out. With some luck and Google maps, the story comes full circle. As they increase in intensity, he becomes obsessed with finding his family. Twenty years on, Saroo (Dev Patel) begins to have memory flashbacks of his native land. ![]() ![]() Eventually he is placed in a crowded orphanage, then adopted by two big-hearted and childless Tasmanians, Sue (Nicole Kidman) and John (David Wenham). The movie Lion was based on the original memoir, but it had its own. He he joins hordes of homeless children who must fend off predators while begging to survive. Gerur Lind Magnsdttir English 139 A Long Way Home When Saroo. They become separated one night and Saroo finds himself alone on a train heading to the other side of India. Five year-old Saroo is a ragamuffin sidekick to his older brother Guddo, two poor boys who support their family by stealing coal and scavenging trains in their West Bengal village. This true story is told in two parts and filmed across two continents. Based on the novel A Long Way Home (2014), this film adaptation is a richly textured essay on the primal human need for belonging that will resonate with anyone who has ever wondered who they are. If film-art is the pursuit of visual pleasure, powerful storytelling and high emotional impact, then Lion (2016) is the year's high-water mark for Australian productions. ![]()
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