History Film / Lion

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Saroo's happy reunion with his mother and sister is saddened when he learned that Guddu was killed on the same night he was lost by being hit by a train. But now, Saroo has two loving families.]]

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: A particularly heartbreaking one when it is revealed that [[spoiler: Saroo's older brother Guddu was killed on the same night as Saroo's disappearance, and also never returned home.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Saroo's happy reunion with his mother and sister is saddened when he learned that Guddu was killed on the same night he was lost. The circumstances of his death aren't clear and it will probably haunt Saroo for the rest of his life.]]

* BystanderSyndrome: Saroo try to ask for help when he is lost in Calcutta. No one pay attention to him. However, a few weeks later, a kind stranger notice him and take him to the proper authorities.

* BystanderSyndrome: Saroo try to ask for help when he is lost in Calcutta. No one pay attention to him. However, a few weeks later, a kind stranger noticed him and took him to the proper authorities.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Saroo's happy reunion with his mother and sister is saddened when he that learns Guddu was killed on the same night he got lost. The circumstances of his death aren't clear and it will probably haunt Saroo for the rest of his life.]]

* AdaptedOut: Saroo's other brother, Kallu, is not mentioned in the movie.

* StreetUrchin: Saroo becomes one when he's lost in Calcutta. He's not the only one however, the streets are filled with many wandering children.

* AdaptOut: Saroo's other brother, Kallu, is not mentioned in the movie.

* AdultFear: [[spoiler:Saroo's poor mother lost both her sons on the same night. It would be 25 years until she reunited with her youngest.]]

* AdultFear: [[spoiler:Saroo's poor mother lost both her sons on the same night. It wouldn't be until 25 years until she reunited with her youngest.]]

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* AMinorKidroduction: An extreme example. The first half of the movie features young Saroo and shows the poverty and isolation of lost Saroo in foreign lands.

* TraumaTrigger: After biting into a jalebi, a fried Indian dessert, Saroo experiences flashbacks to his hometown, and this sets off his quest to find "Kanstalee" again.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Saroo happy reunion with his mother and sister is sadden when he that learned Guddu was killed on the same night he got lost. The circumstances of his death aren't clear and it will probably haunt Saroo for the rest of his life.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Saroo happy reunion with his mother and sister is sadden when he learned Guddu was killed on the same night he got lost. The circumstances of his death aren't clear and it will probably haunt Saroo for the rest of his life.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[Saroo happy reunion with his mother and sister is sadden when he learned Guddu was killed on the same night he got lost. The circumstances of his death aren't clear and it will probably haunt Saroo for the rest of his life.]]

''Lion'' is a 2016 BasedOnATrueStory film about a young Indian boy, Saroo, who is lost in a train station by his family in a faraway city where he does not speak the language. Unable to communicate where he's from or who his parents are, he is treated as an orphan and adopted to Australia. Only as a young adult, now played by DevPatel, is he able to try to search for his family in rural India.

DevPatel was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his role in this movie.

''{{Lion}}'' is a 2016 BasedOnATrueStory film about a young Indian boy, Saroo, who is lost in a train station by his family in a faraway city where he does not speak the language. Unable to communicate where he's from or who his parents are, he is treated as an orphan and adopted to Australia. Only as a young adult, now played by DevPatel, is he able to try to search for his family in rural India.

''{{Lion}}'' is a 2016 BasedOnATrueStory film about a young Indian boy, Saroo, who is lost in a train station by his family in a faraway city where he does not speak the language. Unable to communicate where he's from or who his parents are, he is treated as an orphan and adopted to Australia. Only as a young adult, now played by DevPatel, is he able to try to search for his family in rural India. DevPatel was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his role in this movie.

''{{Lion}}'' is a 2016 BasedOnATrueStory film about a young Indian boy, Saroo, who is lost in a train station by his family in a faraway city where he does not speak the language. Unable to communicate where he's from or who his parents are, he is treated as an orphan and adopted to Australia. Only as a young adult, now played by DevPatel, nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award, is he able to try to search for his family in rural India.