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MOVIE · 2013

The Lunchbox

Hindi original · 104 min

★ 7.4 TMDB · 846 votes

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.

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Original title
The Lunchbox
Release date
2013-09-20
Genres
Drama, Romance
Production countries
France, Germany, India, United States

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