Living With a Tiger.

Rating: 10/10 (26 November 2015)

Life of Pi (2012): Dir: Ang Lee / Cast: Irrfan Khan, Suraj Sharma, Adil Hussain, Rafe Spall, Gerard Depardieu: Ang Lee creates his greatest achievement since Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and the images are every bit as dazzling and imaginative. Pi grows up in India where his parents own a zoo. He is teased at school due to his name but he is smart and aims for the attractive girl in the music class for which he plays an instrument. When his father receives possible job opportunities in Canada they load up some of the animals for sale and set sail via ship but a nasty storm hits. Pi is the only survivor as he shivers in a lifeboat in terror as the ship rapidly sinks. His only company is an injured zebra, an orangutan, a spotted hyena, and a Bengal tiger. When hunger takes effect the hyena kills the zebra and later on the orangutan but is demolished in return by the first appearance of the tiger. Central plot regards Pi struggling to adapt to living with this tiger and the fascinating adventure they endure, which he narrates now in his fifties to a writer who takes in every spoken word with great interest. Irrfan Khan plays the older Pi narrating his experience, while Suraj Sharma plays the younger Pi who uses every possible resource to survive and co-exist with a tiger. Adil Hussain plays his strict yet resourceful father who questions Pi's introduction to Christianity. Rafe Spall plays the writer who is asked "which" story he prefers. Gerard Depardieu plays a cruel and vulgar cook aboard the ship. This is a powerful visually stunning masterpiece about a life of tolerance and victory. Score: 10 / 10