The Lunchbox

The Lunchbox

Can you fall in love with someone you have never met?

2013 · 104 min · ★ 7.4 · Drama, Romance

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.

Directed by Ritesh Batra · Written by Ritesh Batra

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