*I watched this film not knowing what it was about and I encourage others to do so as well.*
This film is about a five-year-old Indian boy who gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family. This film was overall a beautifully done film with varying shots that made the film move smoothly with every transitional shot executed perfectly. However, a scene that stood out to me the most was one where Saroo is older and there is kind of a "flashback." It takes place when Saroo is 25 and in Australia, he breaks up with his girlfriend and is walking the streets along the sidewalk made next to the lit up busy traffic. During this scene, the screen splits into two and one side is showing Saroo walking the same, but this time alongside the path of a raiload walking the streets of Calcutta. This scene was a formative way of showing how Saroo is getting closer and closer to what he wants to find, and that this hints to the fact that Saroo might start to recall moments in his past that will help him find where he came from. It was a subtle way of foreshadowing. This was the first similarity we see in Saroo now, and young Saroo. It was a way for the director to show how the drastic change in Saroo as a more Westernized, educated, and sophisticated Aussie, versus the cute, mischievous, uneducated Indian toddler from a poor village. This film might be my new favorite movie. It was absolutely incredible. From the cinematography, to the plot, it was all around a perfect movie. Every detail of the film was shot exquisitely and the music that went with every scene was spot on as well. The child actor, Sunny Pawar, was one of the best child actors I have ever seen, he was remarkable. This is a MUST SEE film.
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