Lion (2016)
Directed by Garth Davis
A five-year-old boy falls asleep on a train in central India and wakes up 1,500 kilometres away in Calcutta; adopted by a couple in Tasmania, he grows up and searches satellite images for the way home.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Saroo's village≈ 00:02:00Ganesh Talai, KhandwaStated on screen
Saroo follows his older brother Guddu around, scrounging coal and work for their family (1986).
- 2Railway station≈ 00:09:00Burhanpur, IndiaInferred
Guddu leaves Saroo on a platform bench at night; he climbs into an empty train and falls asleep.
- 3Howrah Station, Kolkata≈ 00:14:00Stated on screen
The train finally stops in Calcutta, where nobody understands his Hindi or knows his village.
- 4Streets, Howrah Bridge and orphanage≈ 00:20:00Kolkata (Calcutta), IndiaStated on screen
He survives on the streets, escapes child traffickers and ends up in an orphanage.
- 5Brierley home≈ 00:40:00Hobart, TasmaniaStated on screen
Sue and John Brierley welcome him to their home in Tasmania (1987).
- 6Melbourne, Australia≈ 00:50:00Stated on screen
As a hotel-management student he starts hunting for his village on Google Earth, and the search takes over his life.
- 7Ganesh Talai, Khandwa≈ 01:38:00Stated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 21,120 km
- Places
- 6
- Countries
- 2
- Stops
- 7
- Plane: 19,204 km
- Train: 1,316 km
- Not shown: 598 km
- On foot: 2.5 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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