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Life of Pi (2012)

★ 7.4 · 13,727 ratings on TMDB

Take the journey of a lifetime.

Life of Pi poster★ 7.4

The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.

DirectorAng Lee
CastAdil Hussain, Ayaan Khan, Ayush Tandon, Gautam Belur, Irrfan Khan, Mohd Abbas Khaleeli
GenresAdventure, Drama
The emergence reading

Life of Pi keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E6 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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