Lunchbox (2013)
Ogni mattina a Mumbai 5 mila fattorini consegnano i cestini del pranzo che le mogli preparano per i mariti al lavoro. Spesso analfabeti, i fattorini sono efficienti e riescono a muoversi nei labirinti della città grazie a un complesso sistema di codifica fatto di colori e simboli. Un giorno però una consegna sbagliata porta la casalinga Ila Singh, abitante del quartiere borghese indù di Dadar, in contatto con Saajan Thomas, un uomo solitario nel crepuscolo della sua vita che vive a Bandra, vecchio quartiere cristiano minacciato dai grattacieli di moderna costruzione. Senza conoscersi, i due cominciano a scambiare messaggi attraverso i cestini, rischiando di perdere di vista le loro realtà.
Direttore:
Ritesh Batra
Scrittore:
Ritesh Batra
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Irrfan Khan as Saajan Fernandes |
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Nimrat Kaur as Ila |
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Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Shaikh |
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Lillete Dubey as Ila's Mother |
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Nasirr Khan as Ila's Father |
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Bharati Achrekar as Mrs. Khrishnan |
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Nakul Vaid as Rajeev |
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Yashvi Punneet Nagar as Yashvi |
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Denzil Smith as Mr. Shroff |
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Shruti Bapna as Meherunissa |
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Lokesh Rai as Dukes Owner |
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Vidhya Dhar as Old Man in Train |
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Sadashiv Kondaji Pokarkar as Dabbawallah at Ila's House |
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Aarti Rathod as Saajan's Neighbor |
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Krishna Bai as Toothless Woman |
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Raj Rishi More as Ila's Brother |
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Santosh Kumar Chaurasiya as Autorickshaw Driver |
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Swapnil Shirirao as Dukes Waiter |
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Avijit Khanwilkar as Young Man in Train |
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Aakash Sinha as Autorickshaw 2 |
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Xavier Hodges as Very Old Couple |
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Rosemary Hodges as Very Old Couple |
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Hubart Vossoaker as Neighbor's Family |
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Rosemary Vossoaker as Neighbor's Family |
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Flory Vossoaker as Neighbor's family |
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Sebastian Vossoaker as Neighbor's Family |
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Quitira Vossoaker as Neighbor's Family |
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Baaburao Sankpal as Dabbawallah at Saajan's Office |
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Chandrakantha Rajani as Saajan's Office Staff |
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Kancha Karki as Saajan's Office Staff |
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Ravindra Dubey as Saajan's Office Staff |
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Narendra Arora as Saajan's Office Staff |
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Ashwin Desai as Saajan's Office Staff |
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Mahesh Mahadev Salavkar as Office Peon |
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Krishna Mandal as Office Peon |
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Calvin Desilva as Cricket Kid |
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Craig Narona as Cricket Kid |
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Kyeron Kandoria as Cricket Kid |
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Shubh Jadav as Cricket Kid |
| Directing | Ritesh Batra | Director |
| Sound | Max Richter | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Michael Simmonds | Director of Photography |
| Production | Seher Aly Latif | Casting |
| Art | Shruti Gupte | Production Design |
| Editing | John F. Lyons | Editor |
| Production | Lydia Dean Pilcher | Executive Producer |
| Production | Irrfan Khan | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ritesh Batra | Executive Producer |
| Production | Nina Lath Gupta | Co-Producer |
| Production | Shanaab Alam | Co-Producer |
| Production | Vivek Rangachari | Co-Producer |
| Production | Sunil John | Co-Producer |
| Production | Nitin Keni | Co-Producer |
| Production | Karsten Stöter | Co-Producer |
| Production | Benny Drechsel | Co-Producer |
| Production | Čédomir Kolar | Co-Producer |
| Production | Marc Baschet | Co-Producer |
| Production | Danis Tanović | Co-Producer |
| Production | Arun Rangachari | Producer |
| Production | Anurag Kashyap | Producer |
| Production | Guneet Monga | Producer |
| Art | Snehal Phadtare | Art Direction |
| Production | Meraj Shaikh | Line Producer |
| Production | Smirti Jain | Line Producer |
| Production | Prerna Saigal | Associate Producer |
| Production | Gitika Aggarwal | Associate Producer |
| Production | John F. Lyons | Associate Producer |
| Writing | Ritesh Batra | Screenplay |
| Sound | Stephan Läufer | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Markus Krohn | Sound Editor |
| Art | Akshi Kapoor | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Niharika Bhasin | Costume Design |