• Director(s)

    Garth Davis

  • Production Year

    2016

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    113m

  • Cast

    Rooney Mara, Nicole Kidman, Dev Patel, David Wenham, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Aditya Roy Kapoor

Film

Lion

scenes of emotional intensity, mild threat

LION is a drama in which a five-year-old Indian boy finds himself lost in Kolkata, thousands of miles from home. After being sent to Australia for adoption, he returns to India as a young adult in order to find his real mother and brother.…

LION is a drama in which a five-year-old Indian boy finds himself lost in Kolkata, thousands of miles from home. After being sent to Australia for adoption, he returns to India as a young adult in order to find his real mother and brother.

Film showing times

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threat and horror
Sequences of mild threat include a scene in which a small boy finds himself trapped on a decommissioned train as it speeds him away from home, and a scene in which a group of men chase and attempt to catch children who are living rough on the streets of Kolkata. Other scenes discreetly draw attention to the vulnerability of street children and orphans, particularly from abusive adults.
theme
There are scenes of emotional intensity during the young man's seemingly impossible search for his long-lost mother and brother.

  • Director(s)

    Garth Davis

  • Production Year

    2016

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    113m

  • Cast

    Rooney Mara, Nicole Kidman, Dev Patel, David Wenham, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Aditya Roy Kapoor

scenes of emotional intensity, mild threat
Classified Date:
02/12/2016
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Entertainment Film Dists Ltd
threat and horror
Sequences of mild threat include a scene in which a small boy finds himself trapped on a decommissioned train as it speeds him away from home, and a scene in which a group of men chase and attempt to catch children who are living rough on the streets of Kolkata.
theme
There are scenes of emotional intensity during the young man's seemingly impossible search for his long-lost mother and brother.
additional issues
Other scenes discreetly draw attention to the vulnerability of street children and orphans, particularly from abusive adults.
scenes of emotional intensity, mild threat
Classified Date:
12/04/2017
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Entertainment in Video Ltd
threat and horror
Sequences of mild threat include a scene in which a small boy finds himself trapped on a decommissioned train as it speeds him away from home, and a scene in which a group of men chase and attempt to catch children who are living rough on the streets of Kolkata. Other scenes discreetly draw attention to the vulnerability of street children and orphans, particularly from abusive adults.
theme
There are scenes of emotional intensity during the young man's seemingly impossible search for his long-lost mother and brother.
Classified Date:
15/12/2016
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Entertainment Film Dists Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
Trailer 2
Classified Date:
04/11/2016
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Entertainment Film Dists Ltd
Classified Date:
29/03/2017
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Entertainment in Video Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
Additional Material

  • Classified date

    12/04/2017

  • BBFC reference

    AVF346532

  • Language

    English