THE LUNCHBOX
by Ritesh Batra
synopsis
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.
| international title: | The Lunchbox |
| original title: | The Lunchbox (Dabba) |
| country: | India, France, Germany |
| sales agent: | The Match Factory |
| year: | 2013 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Ritesh Batra |
| film run: | 104' |
| release date: | DE 21/11/2013, IT 28/11/2013, BE 11/12/2013, FR 11/12/2013, NL 12/12/2013, HU 26/12/2013, I 09/01/2014, PL 14/02/2014, DK 20/03/2014, FI 04/04/2014, UK 11/04/2014, IE 11/04/2014, SE 25/04/2014, ES 30/04/2014 |
| screenplay: | Ritesh Batra |
| cast: | Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Denzil Smith, Bharati Achrekar |
| cinematography by: | Michael Simmonds |
| film editing: | John F. Lyons |
| costumes designer: | Niharika Khan |
| music: | Max Richter |
| producer: | Guneet Monga, Arun Rangachari, Lydia Dean Pilcher |
| production: | Rohfilm GmbH, ASAP Films, ARTE France Cinéma, Dharma Productions, Sikhya Entertainment, Dar Motion Pictures, NFDC/India |
| backing: | Centre National du Cinéma et de L'image Animée (CNC) , Aide au cinéma indépendant - Canada (ACIC), Ministère des Affaires Étrangères, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg |
| distributor: | Teodora Film, Cinemien, Scanbox Entertainment Denmark |
