Description:

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.

Year:

2012

Directed By:

Ang Lee

Written By:

Yann Martel (novel), David Magee (screenplay)

Genres:

Adventure, Drama

Release Date:

21 November 2012 (USA)

Language:

English , Tamil , French , Japanese , Hindi , Chinese

Runtime:

127 min

Origin/Country:

USA | Taiwan | UK | Canada

Shooting Location:

Montreal, Quebec, Canada