The Song of Lunch

– Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson star in The Song Of Lunch, a powerful and visually arresting film, ma..

Type:
TVSeries
Rating:
7.60 / 10
Duration:
50 Minutes
Release Year:
2010
The Song of Lunch (2010)

Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson star in The Song Of Lunch, a powerful and visually arresting film, made by BBC Drama Production for BBC Two, to mark National Poetry Day on 7 October. The film, a dramatisation of Christopher Reid's narrative poem, tells the story of an unnamed book editor (Alan Rickman) who, 15 years after their break-up, is meeting his former love (Emma Thompson) for a nostalgic lunch at Zanzotti's, the Soho restaurant they used to frequent.

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Producing Country:
UK
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Release Date:

08 Oct 2010

Language:

English

Director:

Niall MacCormick

Writer:

Niall MacCormick (adapted for television by), Christopher Reid

Main Actors:

Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Andi Soric, Siubhan Harrison

Plot:

An existential parable of a wistful journey to ones heady youth with the excitement and bitterness of that time trapped in the mind. A former romance is re-evaluated by the rose coloured filter of time but confronted by the present. Time has moved on but the past has trapped the author.

Awards:

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 3 nominations.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.6/10