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Life of Pi (2012)  link to Life of Pi on IMDb  link to trailer on IMDb

Number: 2232

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IMDb Rating:
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7.9/10 (487.8K votes)

Country: United States, 127 minutes

Spoken languages: English, French, Japanese, Hindi

Genres: Drama, Adventure, Fantasy

Director(s): Ang Lee

Storyline:
In Canada, a writer visits the Indian storyteller Pi Patel and asks him to tell his life story. Pi tells the story of his childhood in Pondicherry, India, and the origin of his nickname. One day, his father, a zoo owner, explains that the municipality is no longer supporting the zoo and he has hence decided to move to Canada, where the animals the family owns would also be sold. They board on a Japanese cargo ship with the animals and out of the blue, there is a storm, followed by a shipwrecking. Pi survives in a lifeboat with a zebra, an orangutan, a hyena and a male Bengal tiger nicknamed Richard Parker. They are adrift in the Pacific Ocean, with aggressive hyena and Richard Parker getting hungry. Pi needs to find a way to survive.

Cast:

Suraj Sharma Pi Patel
Irrfan Khan Adult Pi Patel
Adil Hussain Santosh Patel
Tabu Gita Patel
Rafe Spall Writer

Medium: DVD5,

Location: Drawer 19 Slot 48

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 1.85:1