Director Ang Lee creates a groundbreaking movie event about a young man who survives a disaster at sea and is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an amazing and unexpected connection with another survivor...a fearsome Bengal tiger.
After a childhood spent in Pondicherry, India, 17-year-old Pi Patel sets sail with his family for Canada, where a new life awaits them. But his destiny is upended by the spectacular shipwreck of their cargo ship in the middle of the ocean. He finds himself the sole survivor aboard a lifeboat. Alone, or almost... Richard Parker, a splendid and ferocious Bengal tiger, is also along for the ride. The survival instinct of the two castaways will lead them on an extraordinary odyssey during which Pi must develop his ingenuity and show unsuspected courage to survive this incredible adventure.
