Claim: Lion was based on a book from the 1940's.
Evidence: Lion is a 2016 biographical film directed by Garth Davis -LRB- in his feature debut -RRB- and written by Luke Davies , based on the non-fiction book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley with Larry Buttrose.
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.