Director
Garth Davis
Leading Actors/Actresses
Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, Sunny Pawar, Rooney Mara
Supporting Actors/Actresses
David Wenham, Rooney Mara, Abhishek Bharate, and Divian Ladwa
Genre
Drama
Language
English, Bengali, and Hindu
Awards
Nominated for six Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress for Dev Patel, Best Supporting Actress for Nicole Kidman, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Original Score
Date of Release
November 25th, 2016
Producer
Iain Canning, Angie Fielder, Emile Sherman
Setting and Context
India and Australia
Narrator and Point of View
Primarily told from Saroo's point of view
Tone and Mood
Solemn, Moving, Heartwarming, Inspiring
Protagonist and Antagonist
Saroo is the protagonist of the film; no clear antagonist.
Major Conflict
Saroo's separation from and struggle to reconnect with his family.
Climax
When Saroo finally finds his biological mother and sister in India.
Foreshadowing
Saroo's misadventure on the train is foreshadowed by the train imagery at the beginning of the film.
Understatement
Saroo understates his emotions around his loss of his family.
Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques
Allusions
Allusions to Bollywood, to technology like Google Earth.
Paradox
Saroo needs help to find his family, but shuts out those close to him in the process.
Parallelism
Saroo's relationship to Mantosh is a parallel for his relationship to his biological brother, and his relationship to Sue is parallel to his missing of his biological mother.
