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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
01
Why this pick
Like Lion, it is an emotionally direct, beautifully photographed story of parenthood, separation and impossible belonging, carried by intimate performances rather than melodrama.
02
Why this pick
A compassionate true-story search for a lost child, balancing painful institutional history with warmth, humour and the gradual emotional force of reconnecting a family.
03
Why this pick
A child’s odyssey through an unforgiving world, rendered with urgent realism and deep empathy. It is harsher than Lion but similarly anchored in resilience and the need for care.
04
Why this pick
This gentle, richly textured family drama explores migration, memory and the ache of belonging across India and America, with Lion’s same respect for complicated cultural ties.
05
Why this pick
An adopted woman’s return to her birth country becomes a searching, emotionally complex exploration of identity, displacement and family—more jagged in tone, but powerfully complementary to Lion.
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01 / THE STORY
In 1986, Saroo Brierley, a five-year-old boy, gets separated from his older brother and family in India. Years later, he is adopted by an Australian couple, and eventually tries to find his way back home.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Lucy
Mantosh Brierley
Rama
Prama
Bharat
Swarmina
Cute Bar Maid
Luke
