Lion is a 2016 Australian biographical film directed by Garth Davis (in his feature debut) and written by Luke Davies, based on the non-fiction book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley with Larry Buttrose. Starring Sunny Pawar, Dev Patel, Rooney Mara, David Wenham and Nicole Kidman, the film focuses on Saroo Brierley, separated from his biological mother and adopted by an Australian couple, searched his biological mother via Google Earth. The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 10 September 2016. The film was given a limited theatrical release on 25 November 2016, by The Weinstein Company before opening generally on 6 January 2017. The film was released in Australia on 19 January 2017 and in the United Kingdom on 20 January 2017. The film was released to