La Cocina
La Cocina captures the frenetic energy of the lunch rush at The Grill, a bustling restaurant in Manhattan’s Times Square.
When money goes missing from the till, suspicion falls on Pedro (Raúl Briones), an undocumented cook who dreams of a better life and is in love with Julia (Rooney Mara), an American waitress who cannot commit to a relationship.
Rashid, the restaurant owner, has promised to help Pedro obtain legal status, but a shocking revelation about Julia compels Pedro to spiral into an act that threatens to shut down one of the city’s busiest kitchens once and for all.
The film is a comic and tragic tribute to the invisible people who keep our restaurants running and our stomachs full, all while chasing an elusive version of the American dream.
Mexican director Alonso Ruizpalacios updates Arnold Wesker’s 1957 play, The Kitchen to a contemporary New York restaurant in a drama that’s as thematically blunt as it is exhilaratingly theatrical in its critique of contemporary America.
Drama, Romance, Thriller
Mexico, United States (English, Spanish, French, Arabic)
2h 19min
