Ang Lee's Oscar-winning adventure drama based on Yann Martel's bestselling novel, starring Suraj Sharma. Following a disaster at sea, young Pi Patel is cast adrift in a small boat with only a Bengal tiger and a zebra as unlikely companions on what becomes a battle for survival and a quest for spiritual enlightenment.
A spiritual journey at sea is the basis of this high-minded film from director Ang Lee, based on Yann Martel's prize-winning novel. Thankfully, it's grounded with a good dose of humour and an endearing performance by newcomer Suraj Sharma. He plays Pi, an Indian boy whose zoo-owning father (Adil Hussain) packs the family and animals onto a ship bound for Canada. After the ship is wrecked during a storm, Pi is left adrift in a lifeboat - his last surviving companion a Bengal tiger that he has feared ever since his dad tried to teach him a lesson about Darwinism. But apart from seeking safe passage, Pi is also looking for God. There are no easy answers, of course, but there are a few too many platitudes in the script and a bit of misdirection that some will find patronising. The real strength of the film is in its stunning imagery, which evokes the mysteries of the universe and stirs great tension as Pi and a truly lifelike CGI tiger pussyfoot around each other on the way to enlightenment.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Pi Patel | Suraj Sharma |
| Adult Pi Patel | Irfan Khan |
| Young Pi | Ayush Tandon |
| Santosh Patel | Adil Hussain |
| Gita Patel | Tabu |
| The Writer | Rafe Spall |
| Cook | Gérard Depardieu |
| The Priest | Andrea Di Stefano |
| Anandi | Shravanthi Sainath |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Ang Lee |
