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Where was Life of Pi filmed?

2012 film, directed by Ang Lee.

  • Montreal

The story is set in India, about 7,493 miles (12,059 km) from where it was filmed.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
India
Filmed in
Montreal
Distance
About 7,493 miles (12,059 km) between India and the nearest filming location.

About Life of Pi

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Released
2012
Director
Ang Lee
Cast
Suraj SharmaIrrfan KhanGérard DepardieuTabuAdil HussainJames SaitoAndrea Di Stefano
Genre
FantasyDramaAdventureMagic RealistSurvival
Based on
Life of Pi
Awards
Academy Award for Best Director; Academy Award for Best Cinematography; Academy Award for Best Original Score; Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and 2 more

The story

In the early 2010s Montreal, a writer meets Pi Patel, whom he has been told would be a good subject for a book.

Their family owns a zoo, and Pi takes interest in a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.

He struggles to find his family but a crewman throws him into a lifeboat.

Famous lines from Life of Pi

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • Why not?Pi Patel
  • Fair enough.Writer
  • Catholic Hindus?Writer
  • Catholic Hindus do.Adult Pi Patel
  • But you're a Hindu first?Writer

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