Movie

The Lunchbox

2013 · 104 min

A quiet, tender story that unfolds through letters, leaving a bittersweet ache of missed connections and small hopes.

Tagline: Can you fall in love with someone you have never met?
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.
How it feels: Melancholic, warm, romantic and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Loneliness, love, identity, family
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: loneliness
love
identity
family
healing
Places: big city
home
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild