The Lunchbox
2013 · 1h 44m · Drama, Romance · France, Germany · Rated 12 (IE)
Can you fall in love with someone you have never met?
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.
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Ritesh Batra7.3Smart score
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foodhousewifeindian cuisinemumbai (bombay), indiatiffin
Rating12 (IE)
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