(PCM) Sony Pictures Classics will be releasing The Lunchbox, an Indian drama/fantasy/romance in the United States in New York and Los Angeles starting February 28th.
Directed by Ritesh Batra, The Lunchbox tells the story of how a mistaken delivery in Mumbai’s famously efficient lunchbox delivery system connects a young housewife to an older man in the dusk of his life as they build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox.
Middle class housewife Ila is trying once again to add some spice to her marriage, this time through her cooking.
She desperately hopes that this new recipe will finally arouse some kind of reaction from her neglectful husband. She prepares a special lunchbox to be delivered to him at work, but, unbeknownst to her, it is mistakenly delivered to another office worker, Saajan, a lonely man on the verge of retirement.
Curious about the lack of reaction from her husband, Ila puts a little note in the following day’s lunchbox, in the hopes of getting to the bottom of the mystery. This begins a series of lunchbox notes between Saajan and Ila, and the mere comfort of communicating with a stranger anonymously soon evolves into an unexpected friendship.
Gradually, their notes become little confessions about their loneliness, memories, regrets, fears, and even small joys. They each discover a new sense of self and find an anchor to hold on to in the big city of Mumbai that so often crushes hopes and dreams.
Still strangers physically, Ila and Saajan become lost in a virtual relationship that could jeopardize both their realities. (C) Sony Classics
The Lunchbox opened to very warm reviews overseas and has a run time of 1 hour and 44 minutes. Watch the trailer below and catch the film when it’s released in NY and LA on Feb. 28th!
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