Country: India, France, Germany
Year: 2013
Duration: 104'
Ila is a housewife who hopes to reignite the spark in her marriage with her recipes. Sajaan is a humble employee who receives a misdelivered lunchbox, which Ila had lovingly prepared for her husband. So, concerned about her spouse’s lack of reaction, Ila write a note and places it inside the lunchbox: it is be the beginning of an epistolary exchange that will turn into an endearing friendship between Ila and Sanjaan. In the letters, they confess their loneliness, their fears, their memories, and their little delights. Despite being strangers in real life, Ila and Sanjaan still manage to weave together a compromising virtual relationship.
Biography
film director
Ritesh Batra
Ritesh Batra (Mumbai, India) has presented his short films in many festivals around the world. His latest short, Café Regular, Cairo, which he shot in Arabic, received twelve international awards, including the FIPRESCI prize in Oberhausen, and a special mention from the juries of Tribeca and the Chicago Film Festival. In 2009, he participated with his script The Story of Ram in a screenwriting and directing workshop organized by Sundance. He is currently working on his next feature Photograph, and on a collection of short films. He lives with his family between New York and Mumbai.
FILMOGRAFIA
The Morning Ritual (cm, 2008), Gareeb Nawaz’s Taxi (cm, 2010), Café Regular, Cairo (cm, 2011), The Lunchbox (Lunchbox, 2013).
Declaration
film director
“What’s fundamental in this story is that the life paths of the protagonists would never have crossed if it hadn’t been for a lunchbox delivery mistake. There are many cities inside Mumbai. Their backgrounds and their worlds are so different that it makes us hope that something good could happen even in the most unexpected places.”
Cast
& Credits
REGIA, SCENEGGIATURA
Ritesh Batra
MONTAGGIO
John Lyons
SCENEGGIATURA
Shruti Gupte
MUSICA
Max Richter
SUONO
Michael Kaczmarek
INTERPRETI E PERSONAGGI
Irrfan Khan (Saajan), Nimrat Kaur (Ila), Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Shaikh), Denzil Smith (Mr Shroff), Bharati Achrekar (Mrs Deshpande), Nakul Vaid (il marito di Ila/Ila’s husband), Yashvi Puneet Nagar (Yashvi), Lillete Dibey (la madre di Ila/Ila’s mother)
PRODUTTORI
Guneet Monga, Anurag Kashyap, Arun Rangachari
PRODUZIONE
Sikhya Entertainment, Dar Motion Pictures, NFDC, Roh Films, ASAP Films, Cine Mosaic
COPRODUTTORI
Nina Lath Gupta, Shanaab Alam, Vivek Rangachari, Sunil John, Nittin Keni, Karsten Stöter, Benny Dreschel, Cedomir Kolar, Marc Baschet, Danis Tanovic
DISTRIBUZIONE
Academy Two
Ritesh Batra
MONTAGGIO
John Lyons
SCENEGGIATURA
Shruti Gupte
MUSICA
Max Richter
SUONO
Michael Kaczmarek
INTERPRETI E PERSONAGGI
Irrfan Khan (Saajan), Nimrat Kaur (Ila), Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Shaikh), Denzil Smith (Mr Shroff), Bharati Achrekar (Mrs Deshpande), Nakul Vaid (il marito di Ila/Ila’s husband), Yashvi Puneet Nagar (Yashvi), Lillete Dibey (la madre di Ila/Ila’s mother)
PRODUTTORI
Guneet Monga, Anurag Kashyap, Arun Rangachari
PRODUZIONE
Sikhya Entertainment, Dar Motion Pictures, NFDC, Roh Films, ASAP Films, Cine Mosaic
COPRODUTTORI
Nina Lath Gupta, Shanaab Alam, Vivek Rangachari, Sunil John, Nittin Keni, Karsten Stöter, Benny Dreschel, Cedomir Kolar, Marc Baschet, Danis Tanovic
DISTRIBUZIONE
Academy Two
