La cocina (2024)

Directed by

Alonso Ruizpalacios

Genre

drama film

Country

Mexico, United States

Runtime

2h 19m

Rated

R

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 97 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film takes place inside a bustling New York restaurant kitchen. It follows the mostly Latin American and some Arab immigrant staff as they work through the chaos of a busy shift.

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What happens

La cocina (Spanish for 'The Kitchen') is a 2024 comedy-drama film written and directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios. The film elaborates on the theme and style of Ruizpalacios' early short Café Paraíso (2008) and is based on the 1957 stage play The Kitchen by Arnold Wesker, which was already adapted to the 1961 film The Kitchen. However, while in the play and the British film the kitchen staff were continental European immigrants, in the present film they are mostly Latin Americans with some Arabs. The film stars Raúl Briones, Rooney Mara, Soundos Mosbah, Anna Díaz, Motell Foster, Oded Fehr, Eduardo Olmos and Spenser Granese. La cocina had its world premiere at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival on February 16, 2024, and was released in the United States by Willa on October 25, 2024. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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