{"id":6681,"date":"2021-08-24T07:21:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T11:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silvercentury.org\/?p=6681"},"modified":"2021-08-25T07:11:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T11:11:53","slug":"the-lunchbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2021\/08\/the-lunchbox\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lunchbox"},"content":{"rendered":"

2013, India, 104 min. <\/b><\/p>\n

In Mumbai, government employee Saajan Fernandes (Irrfan Khan), widowed and withdrawn, sulks toward a lonely retirement, weighed down by the prospect of old age. In the middle of another humdrum day, Saajan sits down for his delivered lunch<\/span> and is blown away. That food wasn\u2019t made by a restaurant, but by the much younger Ila (Nimrat Kaur), a neglected housewife, long entrenched in a lingering, loveless marriage, hoping to get her disinterested husband\u2019s attention. The mix-up evolves into a daily communication between the two lost souls. Ila packs a note with Saajan\u2019s lunch; he returns the empty containers with a missive. Each exchange reveals more about their lives, bringing them closer to meet<\/span>ing<\/span>\u2014and having reality interfere. An honest, poignant look at the quiet toxicity of complacency is made compelling by the late Khan\u2019s moving, artfully restrained performance as a man rediscovering his ability to connect with the outside world. Discerning moviegoers will adore this intelligent, exquisite film that is alternately grounded and grand. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Mumbai, government employee Saajan Fernandes (Irrfan Khan), widowed and withdrawn, sulks toward a lonely retirement, weighed down by the prospect of old age.<\/span><\/p>\n

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