--- product_id: 47925275 title: "Life of Pi" price: "S/.48" currency: PEN in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.pe/products/47925275-life-of-pi store_origin: PE region: Peru --- # Life of Pi **Price:** S/.48 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Life of Pi - **How much does it cost?** S/.48 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pe](https://www.desertcart.pe/products/47925275-life-of-pi) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Product Description Based on the critically acclaimed, best-selling book, Ang Lee brings one boy’s spectacular journey to the big screen in the book that was considered un-filmable. A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor--a fearsome Bengal tiger.“Epic” ***** Total Film “Spectacular” ***** The Sun “Amazing” ***** Heat “It has to be seen to be believed” ***** Empire 11 Academy Award nominations including Best Picture and Best Director and 9 BAFTA nominations including Best Film and Best Director.Special Features: A Remarkable VisionTheatrical Trailer desertcart.co.uk Review There are only so many filmmakers fearless or foolhardy enough to tackle a challenging novel, like Yann Martel's Life of Pi, but adaptation specialist Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain) was well positioned to take it on. As a structuring device, he uses an interview between a journalist (Rafe Spall) and Pi Patel (The Namesake's Irrfan Khan), a Montreal immigrant with an unusual back story. As he tells the writer, his parents oversaw a zoo in French-Indian Pondicherry, and he found himself drawn to the Bengal tiger, Richard Parker--the name resulted from a clerical error--but his father (Adil Hussain) warned him to stay away. On his own, Pi became entranced by Islam, Hinduism, and Catholicism, which comes in handy when his family relocates to Canada by freighter and a brutal storm--as believably horrific as anything in Titanic--leaves Pi (now played by Suraj Sharma) stranded in a lifeboat with a zebra, an orangutan, a hyena, and the tiger. Soon, it's just Richard and Pi struggling against the elements for 227 days, and since he doesn't want to end up as cat food, he spends most of his time in a makeshift raft attached to the boat. It's giving nothing away to say that he makes it out alive, but the point of the journey remains more enigmatic, since fate tests Pi's faith at every turn. Whether that makes this visually spectacular film a religious allegory or not, Richard (a marvel of CGI technology) remains the biggest mystery of all. --Kathleen C. Fennessy Review: Magical from start to finish - The story goes: A Canadian writer (Rafe Spall) has been told that an Indian called Piscine 'Pi' Patel (adult Pi = Irrfan Khan), who lives in French Canada, has a wonderful story to tell. Piscine tells the writer how he came to have a name which has nothing to do with mathematics. He tells of his childhood in Pondicherry, India, how other children ridiculed Piscine's (age 5 Gautam Belur, age 11/12 Ayush Tandon) name, and how his father, a businessman, decided to create a zoo. However, in time the zoo can no longer be afforded and the animals are to be sold in Canada. The family and animals are travelling there on a cargo ship but it's shipwrecked when a storm brews up. The teenage Pi (Suraj Sharma) survives the disaster and is afloat in a lifeboat together with an assortment of animals including a feisty Bengal tiger called Richard Parker. Of all the aesthetically pleasing movies I have seen Life of Pi (2012) has to be up there with the best. I watched this on a Blu-ray and from the opening moments I felt as if I were almost watching it in 3D. The colours are exquisite, the characters seem to stand out from the screen, and the attention to detail was amazing; for example, at the beginning during the opening credits, we see a monkey swinging in a tree and then a letter from one of the names onscreen drops and swings. It goes without saying that the CGIs and special effects were outstanding. Truly, although my Blu-ray collection is not yet extensive, Life of Pi makes the others seem to be far from High Definition. I began watching Life of Pi (2012) with not the slightest idea of what the film would be about other than a youth and a tiger being adrift at sea. I have not, as yet, read the book by Yann Martel. Some reviewers have written spoilers for this movie, revealing the conclusion of the movie. No spoilers here. Watch and be surprised by adult Pi's revelations, as I was. If you buy the Blu-ray (or DVD) be sure to watch the extras about how the movie, which took 4 years to make and cost approx. $120 million, was made. Fascinating stuff. A real tiger called King was involved in the making of this movie and the real tiger is cleverly used in the movie together with a computer generated tiger. It's not easy to tell which is which and the director, Ang Lee, was fooled when shown CGI images of the tiger before the film was finalised. In the extra footage, we see close up photographs of the face of King and the CGI (computer generated image) side by side and the latter is incredibly realistic. The CGI tiger was slightly larger and, to me, looked a bit more friendly! The extras are very informative about the making of the film, of finding the young actor, Suraj, who had never acted before. I strongly recommend watching the movie first though because once you discover how it was all made then the movie might lose some of its magic for you. This is an interesting webpage that you might find interesting about the making of the movie but, again, I wouldn't want to see it before I'd seen the movie: fxguide.com/featured/life-of-pi/ Something that very much interested me was that Ang Lee and the Life of Pi movie team utilised the knowledge and experience of Steven Callahan, who was adrift at sea on a raft for 76 days after his sloop capsized, and bore hunger and heat while being attacked by sharks and being overlooked by passing ships. Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea, available at desertcart. Another thing that caught my attention and let me know Pi had arrived in the Caribbean was the flying fish. They are the national dish of Barbados. A wonderful moment, when the fish had 'flown' by with a predator swimming behind them, was that Pi was covered in fish scales. While the movie is rated PG, I think some of the scenes are quite harrowing and really are not suitable for children, especially younger ones. Review: Visibly Stunning - I have made a promise to myself concerning this film if I ever have the possibility to see this film at the cinema, and also have the luck to see it in 3D I will try my hardest to accomplish it. I remember watching this film originally from the TV and being so mesmerised I went and purchased the Blu-ray straight away from desertcart. I have recently re-watched the film and once again had such joy watching the film. Always very reluctant to watch films that have been adapted from books but this really intrigued me because of the complexity of the story, how will the extraordinary elements of this story be captured on film, and there was going to be a big need of visual effects in this film would they be a good standard Nothing prepares you for the utter sublime art-evoked CGI. The character of Tiger is amazing in its realism and the vibrancy and colours used in the movie are breath-taking; it truly is a feast for the eyes. This is the reason I want to now see it on a huge screen because if it blows you away on a TV then it would awe-inspiring on a larger scale the cherry on the top would be seeing it in 3D too. I really need to express how impressed I was with the young actor Suraj Sharma who plays Pi Patel. He was a complete unknown and what that young man put himself through for this film deserves accolades. The special features on the Blu-ray has a fantastic documentary concerning the finding of the lead character and how he was prepared for this role. And also a documentary of how the special effects were made too. The film won 4 Oscars Best Director for Ang Lee, Best Cinematography, Best score and yes best effects. Would suggest you read the book by Yann Martel before watching the film because you understand some of the spirituality more in the book... but that is a more personal opinion, if seeing the film first, do read the book too, it also is a high caliber work of fiction and imagination, both together enriches each other. And maybe one day you too will be in a cinema watching this dream of a film on the big screen ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B0083UI3B2 | | Actors | Adil Hussain, Ayush Tandon, Irrfan Khan, Rafe Spall, Suraj Sharma | | Aspect Ratio | 16:9 - 1.85:1 | | Best Sellers Rank | 5,224 in DVD & Blu-ray ( See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray ) 1,310 in Action & Adventure (DVD & Blu-ray) 1,883 in Drama (DVD & Blu-ray) | | Customer reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (7,704) | | Director | Ang Lee | | Is discontinued by manufacturer | No | | Item model number | MSE1169824 | | Language | English | | Media Format | PAL | | Number of discs | 1 | | Product Dimensions | 19 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm; 81.65 g | | Release date | 29 April 2013 | | Run time | 2 hours and 6 minutes | | Studio | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | | Subtitles: | English | ## Product Details - **Contributor:** Adil Hussain, Ang Lee, Ayush Tandon, Irrfan Khan, Rafe Spall, Suraj Sharma - **Format:** PAL - **Genre:** Drama - **Language:** English - **Runtime:** 2 hours and 6 minutes ## Images ![Life of Pi - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71dyS-5QetL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Magical from start to finish *by V***. on 27 September 2013* The story goes: A Canadian writer (Rafe Spall) has been told that an Indian called Piscine 'Pi' Patel (adult Pi = Irrfan Khan), who lives in French Canada, has a wonderful story to tell. Piscine tells the writer how he came to have a name which has nothing to do with mathematics. He tells of his childhood in Pondicherry, India, how other children ridiculed Piscine's (age 5 Gautam Belur, age 11/12 Ayush Tandon) name, and how his father, a businessman, decided to create a zoo. However, in time the zoo can no longer be afforded and the animals are to be sold in Canada. The family and animals are travelling there on a cargo ship but it's shipwrecked when a storm brews up. The teenage Pi (Suraj Sharma) survives the disaster and is afloat in a lifeboat together with an assortment of animals including a feisty Bengal tiger called Richard Parker. Of all the aesthetically pleasing movies I have seen Life of Pi (2012) has to be up there with the best. I watched this on a Blu-ray and from the opening moments I felt as if I were almost watching it in 3D. The colours are exquisite, the characters seem to stand out from the screen, and the attention to detail was amazing; for example, at the beginning during the opening credits, we see a monkey swinging in a tree and then a letter from one of the names onscreen drops and swings. It goes without saying that the CGIs and special effects were outstanding. Truly, although my Blu-ray collection is not yet extensive, Life of Pi makes the others seem to be far from High Definition. I began watching Life of Pi (2012) with not the slightest idea of what the film would be about other than a youth and a tiger being adrift at sea. I have not, as yet, read the book by Yann Martel. Some reviewers have written spoilers for this movie, revealing the conclusion of the movie. No spoilers here. Watch and be surprised by adult Pi's revelations, as I was. If you buy the Blu-ray (or DVD) be sure to watch the extras about how the movie, which took 4 years to make and cost approx. $120 million, was made. Fascinating stuff. A real tiger called King was involved in the making of this movie and the real tiger is cleverly used in the movie together with a computer generated tiger. It's not easy to tell which is which and the director, Ang Lee, was fooled when shown CGI images of the tiger before the film was finalised. In the extra footage, we see close up photographs of the face of King and the CGI (computer generated image) side by side and the latter is incredibly realistic. The CGI tiger was slightly larger and, to me, looked a bit more friendly! The extras are very informative about the making of the film, of finding the young actor, Suraj, who had never acted before. I strongly recommend watching the movie first though because once you discover how it was all made then the movie might lose some of its magic for you. This is an interesting webpage that you might find interesting about the making of the movie but, again, I wouldn't want to see it before I'd seen the movie: fxguide.com/featured/life-of-pi/ Something that very much interested me was that Ang Lee and the Life of Pi movie team utilised the knowledge and experience of Steven Callahan, who was adrift at sea on a raft for 76 days after his sloop capsized, and bore hunger and heat while being attacked by sharks and being overlooked by passing ships. Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea, available at Amazon. Another thing that caught my attention and let me know Pi had arrived in the Caribbean was the flying fish. They are the national dish of Barbados. A wonderful moment, when the fish had 'flown' by with a predator swimming behind them, was that Pi was covered in fish scales. While the movie is rated PG, I think some of the scenes are quite harrowing and really are not suitable for children, especially younger ones. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Visibly Stunning *by D***D on 29 November 2020* I have made a promise to myself concerning this film if I ever have the possibility to see this film at the cinema, and also have the luck to see it in 3D I will try my hardest to accomplish it. I remember watching this film originally from the TV and being so mesmerised I went and purchased the Blu-ray straight away from Amazon. I have recently re-watched the film and once again had such joy watching the film. Always very reluctant to watch films that have been adapted from books but this really intrigued me because of the complexity of the story, how will the extraordinary elements of this story be captured on film, and there was going to be a big need of visual effects in this film would they be a good standard Nothing prepares you for the utter sublime art-evoked CGI. The character of Tiger is amazing in its realism and the vibrancy and colours used in the movie are breath-taking; it truly is a feast for the eyes. This is the reason I want to now see it on a huge screen because if it blows you away on a TV then it would awe-inspiring on a larger scale the cherry on the top would be seeing it in 3D too. I really need to express how impressed I was with the young actor Suraj Sharma who plays Pi Patel. He was a complete unknown and what that young man put himself through for this film deserves accolades. The special features on the Blu-ray has a fantastic documentary concerning the finding of the lead character and how he was prepared for this role. And also a documentary of how the special effects were made too. The film won 4 Oscars Best Director for Ang Lee, Best Cinematography, Best score and yes best effects. Would suggest you read the book by Yann Martel before watching the film because you understand some of the spirituality more in the book... but that is a more personal opinion, if seeing the film first, do read the book too, it also is a high caliber work of fiction and imagination, both together enriches each other. And maybe one day you too will be in a cinema watching this dream of a film on the big screen ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A wonderful film *by F***R on 24 July 2013* A simply wonderful story about a boy who is stranded in a lifeboat with some animals after a ship carrying his father's zoo animals sinks in the pacific ocean near the Mariana's trench. It appears that this whole story is a metaphor for what happened to some human survivors told from the perspective of the boy as he sees them in animal form. You never really know which is actually the case. But the story is beautiful. The boy is surprised when, after falling from the ship as it is going down, he climbs onto a lifeboat which is occupied by a zebra, a Bengal tiger, a hyena and later an orangutan. The story is told by the survivor, now a married man living in Canada. He tells of his background life as a member of an Indian family in India and how they started a zoo. He also tells the amusing story of how he got his nickname, Pi. This leads into how and why his family left India to pursue better prospects in Canada. His experience with living with the tiger on the lifeboat is absolutely fascinating and the computer imaging used is really superb with only a couple of times where it can be noticed that you are not dealing with a real tiger. The story is captivating and engrossing as well as photographically beautiful, one image that is not easily forgotten is a whale shark as it swims underneath the boat, or the whale hunting krill or the beautiful reflection of the sky in the calm ocean. A wonderful film. ## Frequently Bought Together - Life of Pi [DVD] [2017] - Lion [DVD] [2017] - Slumdog Millionaire [DVD] --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.pe/products/47925275-life-of-pi](https://www.desertcart.pe/products/47925275-life-of-pi) --- *Product available on Desertcart Peru* *Store origin: PE* *Last updated: 2026-04-25*