Bento Monogatari
Directed by	Pieter Dirkx
Written by	Pieter Dirkx
Starring	Bea Duchateau Dirk Lavrysen Bram Van Outryve
Cinematography	Benjamin Lauwers
Edited by	Pieter Dirkx
Music by	Pieter Dirkx Eli Dirkx
Release date	November 17, 2010 (2010-11-17)
Running time	27 minutes
Country	Belgium
Languages	Dutch Japanese English

Bento Monogatari (often translated as 'Lunchbox Story') is a 2010 short film by Pieter Dirkx. It was selected for the 2011 Cannes Film Festival in the Cinéfondation section.^[1] The film was the director's graduation project at the Hogeschool Sint-Lukas Brussels film school.

Plot

A woman tries to put some new life into her failed marriage by delving into the world of Japanese pop-culture. Every morning, she prepares a cute Japanese lunchbox (bento) for her husband, Frank, who works in the waste collection center. Frank is more interested in his beautiful, young, male colleague and secretly throws his lunchbox away before anyone sees it.

Cast

• Bea Duchateau as Yvonne
• Dirk Lavrysen as Frank
• Bram Van Outryve as Gunther
• Sae Nozawa as PEN