What I Watched -- Lion

I've loved Dev Patel since Slumdog Millionaire.  He's fallen into that sort-of unenviable role as the grown-up Indian orphan, but he does it so well!  In Lion, his younger self isn't technically an orphan, but he does get separated as a small child from his mother and older brother, and ends up in an orphanage where he cannot speak the language.

After being adopted by an Australian couple and having what appears to be a lovely life, memories of his childhood begin to haunt him and he goes searching for his biological family.

It's a bit of a tricky film to balance, when you have a main character who is stuck between his past and his present.  You completely understand the pain of his Australian family, while at the same time understanding Saroo's need to find himself in his past.  It all becomes even more poignant when you are reminded, at the conclusion of the film, that it's a true story.

Bottom line: excellent.