their lunch box

Bo 2022-03-24 09:02:35

There is no singing and dancing in this movie, it is a warm route. A woman whose husband cheated, an old man who is about to retire. Two people who have no intersection at all meet because of India's lunchbox system (Mumbai system). The woman wanted to save her husband's stomach and save her marriage. The courier delivered the woman's lunch box to the man by accident. This led to a series of ambiguous feelings between the two. One of the most impressive shots is: every time the woman talks to the aunt upstairs, she looks shy, like a girl who is just beginning to fall in love. The two met over a lunch box, and secretly fell in love with a note of mutual appreciation. The spark that gradually ignited brought the two people closer to each other. Finally, it was time to meet. The heroine waited for a long time without waiting for the male lead, thinking that the male lead did not come and left disappointed. The male protagonist arrived at the place agreed with the female protagonist, but he did not show up. He thinks that he is not worthy of the young and beautiful heroine, so he doesn't want to meet the heroine. Both of them returned to their original lives, and the male protagonist packed up and left the place. But at the end of the film, the male protagonist goes back with the people who deliver the lunch boxes. Does he want to see her? The director gave us endless reverie, and I think that must be the best one. The whole thing is filmed almost as a documentary, crowded roads, crowds, poverty. It's not beautiful, romantic, or sensational, but it expresses an urge that you can't say, but want to say. The director put a lot of emotion in the lunch box, what maintains in the lunch box is not only the flaming love but also the surprises and dreams in life.

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The Lunchbox quotes

  • Saajan Fernandes: When my wife died, she got a horizontal burial cot... I tried to buy a burial cot for myself the other day, and what they offered me was a vertical one... I've spent my whole life standing in trains and buses... now I'll even have to stand when I'm dead!

  • Ila: Somwhere I read that the wrong train can lead you to the right station...