Lion is a film based on the non-fiction book A Long Way Home, published in 2014.
Lion is a 2016 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 . Saroo Brierley . An autobiographical account of his experiences , A Long Way Home , was published in 2013 in Australia , released internationally in 2014 , and adapted into the 2016 film Lion , starring Dev Patel as Saroo and Nicole Kidman as his adoptive mother , Sue Brierley .