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Where to Watch Lion (2016) in Australia
- 2016
- PG-13
- 1h 58m
- 8.0IMDb
- 84%Rotten Tomatoes
- 69Metascore
Lion is available with a subscription, free with a participating library card, or to rent in Australia.
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- Watch the movie with a subscription on Beamafilm (HD).
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What it's about
In 1986, Saroo was a five-year-old child in India of a poor but happy rural family. On a trip with his brother, Saroo soon finds himself alone and trapped in a moving decommissioned passenger train that takes him to Calcutta, 1000 miles away from home. Now totally lost in an alien urban environment and too young to identify either himself or his home to the authorities, Saroo struggles to survive as a street child until he is sent to an orphanage. Soon, Saroo is selected to be adopted by the Brierley family in Tasmania, where he grows up in a loving, prosperous home. However, for all his material good fortune, Saroo finds himself plagued by his memories of his lost family in his adulthood and tries to search for them even as his guilt drives him to hide this quest from his adoptive parents and his girlfriend. Only when he has an epiphany does he realize not only the answers he needs, but also the steadfast love that he has always had with all his loved ones in both worlds.
Cast and crew
- Director
- Garth Davis
- Writer
- Saroo Brierley, Luke Davies
- Starring
- Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara
Details
- Release date
- Jan 6, 2017
- Language
- English, Hindi, Bengali
- Country
- United Kingdom, Australia, United States
- Box office
- $51,738,905
- Awards
- Nominated for 6 Oscars. 59 wins & 110 nominations total
Where to Watch Lion (2016) in Australia — common questions
- Where to watch Lion in Australia?
- Lion is available with a subscription, free with a participating library card, or to rent in Australia. Watch the movie with a subscription on Beamafilm (HD). Watch the movie free with a participating library card on ABC iview and Beamafilm (HD). Rent the movie on Apple TV Store (HD), Beamafilm (HD), Fetch TV, and Prime Video (HD).
- Can I stream Lion or do I have to rent it in Australia?
- Watch the movie with a subscription on Beamafilm (HD). Rent the movie on Apple TV Store (HD), Beamafilm (HD), Fetch TV, and Prime Video (HD).
- Can I watch Lion for free in Australia?
- Watch the movie free with a participating library card on ABC iview and Beamafilm (HD).
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