Lunch box
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Lunch box |
| Original title | Dabba |
| Country of production | India , Germany , France |
| original language | Hindi and English |
| Publishing year | 2013 |
| length | 105 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ritesh Batra |
| script | Ritesh Batra |
| production |
Anurag Kashyap , Guneet Monga , Arun Rangachari |
| music | Max Richter |
| camera | Michael Simmonds |
| cut | John F. Lyons |
| occupation | |
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Lunchbox is a 2013 Indian feature film . Scriptwriter and director Ritesh Batra's feature film debut premiered in 2013 at the Cannes Film Festival . The official cinema release in India was on September 20, 2013. In Germany, however, the film only opened on November 21, 2013, albeit in a dubbed version .
action
The housewife and mother Ila, who lives in Mumbai, cooks for her husband Rajiv as she does every weekday and sends him lunch in a lunch box to the office. This is picked up by a Dabbawala , who takes it by bike to a train, where it is transported in racks and finally delivered to its recipient in the office. Although this traditional transport system works almost flawlessly, the lunch box does not reach the husband, but rather the widower Saajan Fernandes, who otherwise gets the rather unimaginative meals of a corner restaurant. In the evening Ila notices that her husband has not received her food. Which doesn't really interest him because he's having an affair with another woman.
On the advice of her neighbor Mrs. Deshpande ("Auntie"), with whom she usually talks through the ventilation shaft of her house, Ila puts a small letter in the lunch box next time. And she receives a letter in reply saying that she has used too much salt. Her neighbor then advises her to use a lot of chili this time. In response, Ila learns that the meal was really salted and that it left just a little too much heat.
This is how a lively correspondence develops. Saajan, otherwise taciturn and unsociable, now looks forward to his lunch every day. He's already sniffing the box at his desk. Since he is about to retire, he should train his young colleague Shaikh. At first he evades this, but as the correspondence with Ila progresses, his heart opens and soon he even shares his meals with his successor.
Ila and Saajan write about their daily experiences and get to know each other. Ila wants a meeting in a restaurant. On that day, she did not send him a lunch box. Both enter the restaurant, but Saajan does not reveal himself to her because he believes he is too old.
Ila asks the Dabbawala, who delivers regularly, about the address to which her lunch box is being delivered, and goes to Saajan's office with her daughter. However, he has since resigned and his successor is sitting at his desk. Saajan has also left his apartment and is taking the train to his retirement home in Nasik . A shaky old man sits across from him in his compartment, in the face of which Saajan realizes that he feels old for no reason, and so he returns to town. He also contacts the Dabbawalas ...
idea
In India, especially in Mumbai , most office workers get their lunch freshly cooked from home. The lunch box, usually consisting of three to five round stainless steel tins stacked on top of each other, insulated in a colored bag, is delivered by "Dabbawalas" whose transport system has met with interest worldwide due to its high delivery accuracy.
Batra began making a documentary about the Dabbawalas of Mumbai in 2007 and accompanied several of them for around a week. When he heard about her personal experiences and stories about her customers, the central film idea came to him: the mix-up of a dabba that leads to a love story. He completed his first draft of the script in 2011.
production
Lunchbox is a production of the Indian DAR Motion Pictures with Sikhya Entertainment and the international partners Rohfilm (Germany), ASAP Films (France) and Cine Mosaic (USA). Co-production partners were ARTE France and the Indian National Film Development Corporation, with funding from the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg . In the run-up to production, filmmaker Batra presented his project as part of the Berlin International Film Festival 2012 at the “Talent Project Market”, which is part of the “ Berlinale Talents ” funding project, and advertised for international participation there.
Reviews
“Bolly and Hollywood are very far away here with this very fine hymn to the wonderful taste of affection. At the end of the year, the charming 'art house cinema' is offering a tingly, smell-intensive, lovingly entertaining screen sleeper fun with the film that was already popular at the Cannes Festival in spring. "
"A wonderful crossover film from India, which is about love and delicious food and whose motto that a wrong train can sometimes take you to the right station gives hope for the good end!"
“And yet, despite all the warmth of the heart that this film is able to arouse in its audience, Ritesh Batra remains committed to realism in his film, which was included in the renowned program of the Semaine de la Critique at the Cannes Film Festival: Although it seems for some time anything is possible between Ila and Saajan, but ultimately the romantic traits of this comedy do not get out of hand. So for them there is no redemption that deletes all boundaries, but both come closer to themselves, find a way out of isolation, paralysis, hopelessness. "
“In a deliberately sober and realistic filmed ambience (Ila's kitchen, Saajan's open-plan office, and again and again the buses and trains in which commuters like him jostle at rush hour) a magical little love story full of sensuality unfolds here. When Ila is at the stove and lovingly simmering her delicious curries and chutneys, that in itself is a feast for the eyes. And you would like to reserve a table with the Indian immediately! "
“Smell, taste, feel. The senses and hearts open at the same time. Director Ritesh Batra conjures up a magical alchemy of culinary art and longing for love when he delicately links the fates of a melancholy office worker (Irrfahn Kahn) and a lonely wife (Nimrat Kaur). An Indian art house film, masterfully staged against the backdrop of the lively megacity Mumbai. "
synchronization
The German dubbed version was created in the K13 cinema mix studio in Berlin based on the dialogue book by Beate Klöckner , who also directed the dubbing .
| actor | role | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Irrfan Khan | Saajan Fernandes | Olaf Reichmann |
| Nimrat Kaur | Ila | Katrin Zimmermann |
| Nawazuddin Siddiqui | Shaikh | Gerrit Schmidt-Foss |
| Lillete Dubey | Ila's mother | Monica Bielenstein |
| Nakul Vaid | Rajeev | Jaron Lowenberg |
| Bharati Achrekar | Auntie | Luise Lunow |
| Yavshi Puneet Nagar | Yavshi | Hedda Erlebach |
| Denzil Smith | Mr. Shroff | Frank Röth |
| Shruti Bapna | Mehrunnisa | Sanam Afrashteh |
Awards
- Audience award “Grand Rail D'Or” of the Semaine de la critique at the Cannes Film Festival 2013
- “Golden pram” (main jury prize) at the Zagreb Film Festival 2013
- “Chistera” (pointed basket at the Jai Alai ) as the main prize for the best director at the International Festival of Young Directors of Saint-Jean-de-Luz 2013 to Ritesh Batra
- “Chistera” as the main prize for the best male leading actor at the International Festival of Young Directors of Saint-Jean-de-Luz 2013 to Irrfan Khan
- Audience award at the World Cinema Festival 2013 in Amsterdam
Festival participation
- Cannes Film Festival 2013 (Semaine de la critique), world premiere
- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2013
- World Cinema Festival 2013 in Amsterdam (official competition)
- Telluride Film Festival 2013
- International Festival of Young Directors in Saint-Jean-de-Luz 2013 (competition)
- Toronto International Film Festival 2013
- BFI London Film Festival 2013 (official competition)
- Dharamshala International Film Festival 2013
- Indian Film Festival The Hague 2013
- Leiden International Film Festival 2013
- Zagreb Film Festival 2013 (competition)
- Film Fest Gent 2013
- Stockholm International Film Festival 2013
- Dubai International Film Festival 2013
- Sundance Film Festival 2014
- Sarajevo Film Festival 2014
- Zurich Film Festival 2014
Web links
- Lunchbox in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Lunchbox at filmportal.de (with photo gallery and trailer)
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for lunch box . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , November 2013 (PDF; test number: 141 560-a K).
- ↑ imdb.com: Lunchbox: Release Info , accessed on January 3, 2014
- ↑ 'Lunchbox' is a very personal film: Ritesh Batra. In: Zee News from May 5, 2013, accessed December 9, 2013
- ↑ Waltraud Tschirner: "Lunchbox" - or luck in Indian. ( Memento of the original from December 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Audio, 10 min.), Interview with Ritesh Batra in Deutschlandradio Kultur on November 17, 2013, accessed on December 9, 2013
- ↑ Lunchbox Company Credits on IMDb, accessed December 9, 2013
- ↑ 'Dabba' (The Lunchbox) ( Memento of the original from December 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Project description on Berlinale Talents , accessed on December 9, 2013 (English)
- ^ Review by Hans-Ulrich Pönack , accessed on February 22, 2014
- ↑ Cannes Diary 2013 by Kirsten Niehuus , accessed on February 22, 2014
- ↑ Review by Bettina Spoerri , accessed on February 22, 2014
- ^ Review by Walli Müller , accessed on February 22, 2014
- ^ Review by Rainer Gansera , accessed on February 22, 2014
- ↑ a b lunch box. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on January 3, 2014 .
- ↑ Ritesh Batra's Lunchbox wins Critics Week Viewers Choice Award at Cannes Film Festival 2013. In: India Times of May 24, 2013, accessed on December 9, 2013 (English)
- ^ The Lunchbox wins at Zagreb Film Festival. In: Screen Daily October 27, 2013, accessed December 13, 2013
- ↑ Le palmarès 2013 on the festival homepage, accessed on December 13, 2013 (French)
- ↑ Winner World Cinema Amsterdam Audience Award 2013 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the World Cinema Festival 2013, accessed December 9, 2013
- ↑ the Lunchbox / Dabba ( Memento of the original from December 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, accessed on December 9, 2013 (English)
- ↑ The Lunchbox ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the World Cinema Festival website, accessed December 9, 2013
- ↑ Telluride 2013: Ritesh Batra's 'The Lunchbox' Charms with Food as Love. From the Telluride Film Festival website of September 4, 2013, accessed December 9, 2013
- ↑ The Lunchbox ( Memento of the original from December 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from the Toronto International Film Festival website, accessed December 9, 2013
- ↑ The Lunchbox on the BFI London Film Festival website, accessed December 9, 2013 (English)
- ^ The Lunchbox to open Dharamshala Film Festival. In: NDTV Movies from October 22, 2013, accessed on December 13, 2013 (English)
- ↑ The Lunchbox on the website of the Indian Film Festival The Hague, accessed on December 13, 2013 (English)
- ↑ The Lunchbox on the Leiden International Film Festival website, accessed on December 13, 2013 (English)
- ↑ The Lunchbox on the Film Fest Gent website, accessed December 9, 2013 (French)
- ↑ The Lunchbox ( Memento of the original from December 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the Stockholm Film Festival website, accessed December 13, 2013
- ↑ 'Lunchbox' lands at DIFF to rage reviews. ( Memento of the original from December 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. On the website of the Dubai International Film Festival of December 12, 2013, accessed on December 13, 2013
- ↑ Sundance Film Festival 2014 Announces Spotlight & Midnight Line-Up. In: First Showing of December 5, 2013, accessed December 9, 2013
- ↑ The Lunchbox / Dabba ( Memento of the original from December 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the Sarajevo Film Festival website, accessed December 9, 2013
- ↑ The Lunchbox on the Zurich Film Festival website, accessed on December 9, 2013 (English)
