Here is a beautiful movie about self-identity and the struggle to address your past.
The main character Sar-oo (as he is called in the beginning) is a young boy living in the slums of Calcutta. He is close to his family, and one day gets lost. He finds himself, through a myriad of situations, eventually being adopted by an Australian couple and growing up there, having glimmers and nostalgia regarding his past.
His past is heavy and wrought with emotional sadness, but the one comfort Saroo finds is in the love he feels from his birth brother and mother during his childhood.
Nicole Kidman plays his adoptive mother, with a sense of real compassion and caring, sometimes so much so that it could destroy her.
Dev Patel plays the 25 year old Saroo beautifully, as a strong, empathetic person who feels it is right to connect with his birth mother and brother to let them know he is okay.
Rooney Mara plays his supportive girlfriend.
Overall this movie will make you cry. It won't leave you empty though.
It is a beautiful journey of a young man growing to find himself through reaching within to the depth of his past, and willing to face it in the future.
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