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  • The Man With a Box (2015)
  • 120 min | Documentary
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The Man With a Box (2015)
120 min | Documentary
In the chaotic streets of Mumbai we follow the daily lives of six Dabbawalas (men who deliver meals to their clients' workplaces, coming directly from their homes and cooked by their wives) and six families who use their services, thus ...See moreIn the chaotic streets of Mumbai we follow the daily lives of six Dabbawalas (men who deliver meals to their clients' workplaces, coming directly from their homes and cooked by their wives) and six families who use their services, thus constituting a possible portrait society of contemporary India and its diverse social strata, tracing the geography of one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world and promoting a reflection on how affections (in this case through the preparation of homemade food) are transacted and transported through one of the most mysterious and captivating characters in the world. In its metropolitan region of Mumbai, the third largest in the world, with a population of around 22 million inhabitants, every day of the week, around lunchtime, we witness what can be called a true "miracle". " with around 175,000 home-cooked meals being delivered promptly to various parts of the city. The city streets then fill with Dabbawalas who move at high speed on their bicycles, carrying dozens of aluminum containers on their backs. Carried by the movement of the wheels of their bicycles, we are transported through the streets of the city, at the same time that, at the same time, we observe the lives of their clients - the men exercising their professions and their respective women cooking at home, in a kind of kaleidoscopic vision of the life of this city. Written by Filmes do Tejo II See less
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Marco Martins
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2015 (Portugal)

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