Sunday Schmooze
THE LUNCHBOX
Sunday, June 9th
Bagels at 10 AM, Film at 11 AM
Hosted by Fred Craden
$20 Public | $15 Members
Irrfan Khan and Nimrat Kaur star in the
romantic tale of an office clerk and a housewife who get a second chance at
love. 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. (India/France/Germany, 2013, 105 min., color, English and Urdu
with English subtitles, DCP | Director: Ritesh Batra | Cannes Film Festival)
