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美味情書
The Lunchbox
印度 India / 2013 / 104min
印地語、英語對白，中英文字幕 Hindi and English with Chinese and English Subtitles
印地語、英語對白，中英文字幕 Hindi and English with Chinese and English Subtitles
導演 Director |
賴舒彼查 Ritesh Batra |
演員 Cast |
伊凡卡漢 Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur |
Festival & Award 影展及獎項 |
康城國際影評人週 Cannes Critics Week |
| 印度新晉導演Ritesh Batra首次執導即拍出真摯感人的亮麗小品。他是個無味的中年男人，在政府審批賠償部門營營役役了三十五年，自妻子去世後生活枯燥乏味，在臨近退休的關頭更是不知所措；她是個漂亮的家庭主婦，家有愛女又煮得一手驚人好菜，偏偏丈夫就是永遠冷淡寡言。孟買獨特的住家飯盒速遞員，每日踏單車乘火車，為數千主婦親手下廚的出品，送到愛人辦公餐桌上，而萬中無的一次誤送使他與她在飯盒中相遇。雖然未曾見面，但兩個陌生人很快便意識到他們已意外地找到了靈魂伴侶；接下來應順理成章走在一起，還是將一切再次交由命運安排？人生，不過就如劇中人所說：有時就算搭上錯的火車也有可能抵達正確的目的地。 | Already hailed by many as one of the most charming Indian dramas in recent years, writer-director Ritesh Batra’s Mumbai-set debut tells the story of two lonely souls who are coincidentally connected over a mix-up in lunchbox service. Saajan (Irrfan Khan, the adult Pi in Life of Pi) is a grouchy and withdrawn widower who’s counting his days to retirement after 35 years in a joyless job; Ila (Nimrat Kaur), meanwhile, is a sad and neglected housewife despite being a wizard of a cook. As the pair of strangers begin pouring their hearts out to each other in the hand-written notes they hide in the wrongly delivered lunchbox every day, the film gently reveals itself to be a heart-warming tale on the sorrows of aging and the redemptive value of human connection. And as the characters whimsically suggest: sometimes the wrong train might just get you to the right station. |
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