The Song of Lunch
2010 · 50 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 2,626 VOTES · DIR. Niall MacCormick
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 655 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:55 "He leaves a message - a yellow sticky -
00:02:55 "where the little industrious publishers still like to hide their offices.
00:04:56 "Too bad. Let it go.
00:06:39 "But there, happily, it is.
00:08:34 "But if not, what?
00:10:17 "So, the human paradox.
00:11:42 "And they drink.
00:13:29 Come on. No sulks.
00:14:59 "She doesn't need it, but it's her style to entrust herself in unimportant matters
00:16:47 "which is bright, amused, searching, pitiless
00:18:46 "Nuzzle her jawbone with his nose."
00:20:49 That's very kind!
00:22:52 "Whirls of wrinkles sealing the knuckles deeper now
00:25:01 "Every movement has elegance and economy, is swift and deft.
00:27:14 "They are in love.
00:29:07 And you're totally Orpheus?
00:30:52 This is ground control.
00:32:54 Typical.
00:34:44 Which wasn't bad
00:36:27 cock-eyed performance you're putting on for my special benefit?
00:38:09 What? I'm perfectly serious.
00:40:33 "To find her and ask her to marry him.
00:44:35 "That's his table over there.
00:46:26 "Massimo!"
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed655
Dialogue density13.1 lines / min
First line00:00:55
Final line00:46:26
Production Record
DirectorNiall MacCormick
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes2,626