The Lunchbox

The Lunchbox

Can You Fall In Love With Someone You Have Never Met?

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Release Date

9/20/2013

Runtime

104 mins

Overview

A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system (Mumbai's Dabbawallahs) connects a young housewife to a stranger in the dusk of his life. They build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox. Gradually, this fantasy threatens to overwhelm their reality.

Status

Released

Original Language

Hindi

Budget

$3,400,000

Revenue

$17,240,000

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A delicate, tender romance that unfolds entirely through handwritten notes and home-cooked meals, exploring how two lonely people can fall in love with an idea of each other. The film moves at a unhurried pace, letting quiet moments and the warmth of Mumbai's streets carry the emotional weight.

Mood

RomanticWistfulBittersweetContemplative

Themes

LoveIsolationComing apart

Tone

Tender

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticPainterly

Structure

Two-hander

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