Where was Lion filmed?
2017 film, directed by Garth Davis.
- Melbourne
The story is set in Melbourne, so the filming stayed close to the setting.
Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed
- Set in
- Khandwa; Kolkata; Hobart; Melbourne
- Filmed in
- Melbourne
About Lion
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- Released
- 2017
- Director
- Garth Davis
- Cast
- Dev PatelNicole KidmanRooney MaraDavid WenhamNawazuddin SiddiquiPriyanka BoseTannishtha ChatterjeeDeepti NavalAbhishek BharateDivian Ladwa
- Genre
- DramaBiographical
- Based on
- A Long Way Home
- Awards
- AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actor; AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actress; AACTA Award for Best Film; AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and 10 more
The story
In 1986, five-year-old Saroo lives with his elder brother, Guddu; his baby sister, Shekila; and his mother in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, India.
After several days, the train arrives in faraway Calcutta, where Saroo does not understand the local Bengali language.
Saroo escapes, sensing that Noor and Rama have sinister intentions, and evades Noor when she chases him.
Famous lines from Lion
Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.
Martial, Epigrams, Book X. 90.Lion
George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum.Lion
Noli. Barbam vellere mortuo leoni.Lion
Do not pluck the beard of a dead lion.Lion
There are no pacts between lions and men.Lion
Also filmed there
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- Queen of the Damned Melbourne
- Charlotte's Web Melbourne
- Knowing Melbourne
- Where the Wild Things Are Melbourne
- Neighbours Melbourne
- The Leftovers Melbourne
- Late Night with the Devil Melbourne
- The Slap Melbourne
- Predestination Melbourne
- Romper Stomper Melbourne
- Summer Heights High Melbourne
- The Cry Melbourne
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