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.
00:06:32 " As ever, that pause of anxiety and mute appeal.
00:08:31 " 'Sorry, I'm not...'
00:10:13 I hope I'm not late.
00:11:35 "Rims meet and clink, swaying the cradled liquid.
00:13:20 "Could things be turning nasty?
00:14:52 Signora, signore. We haven't... - Yes, thank you.
00:16:37 Yes.
00:18:30 "She seems not to have noticed, averted from him
00:20:36 Having lunch?
00:22:27 "He has killed a bottle almost single-handed.
00:24:44 "Hey, hey.
00:26:45 "Thinks about drink, about his drinking.
00:28:46 Some of the mythic stuff was over the top, but I could see your...
00:30:29 "the big white noise of a room that's full of anonymously feeding humans.
00:32:14 "Good chap.
00:34:18 Half a fishy.
00:35:56 "zapping and arabesquing from table to table like bees between blooms.
00:37:43 They're nicely written, they're clever and so on.
00:39:51 "But he's made it.
00:43:53 "The brick view illuminates nothing
00:45:46 " A very old man.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed655
Dialogue density13.1 lines / min
First line00:00:55
Final line00:45:46
Production Record
DirectorNiall MacCormick
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes2,626