The Song of Lunch

The Song of Lunch

2010 · 50 min · EN · 7.1 (24 votes)
Dir. Niall MacCormick · Starring Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Siubhan Harrison, Joseph Long, Georgina Sutcliffe, Orlando Brooke · Music Srdjan Kurpjel
TV MovieDrama

A dramatisation of Christopher Reid's narrative poem that tells the story of an unnamed book editor who, fifteen years after their break-up, is meeting his former love for a nostalgic lunch at Zanzotti's, the Soho restaurant they used to frequent.

VIBE

A hushed, introspective mood permeates this quiet drama. It feels like a lingering memory, a wistful conversation over a meal, exploring the echoes of past love and the passage of time. A gentle, melancholic experience.

melancholicnostalgicwistfulintrospectiveslow-burnliterary adaptationcharacter studydialogue-drivenregretlost lovememorytime
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