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La Cocina
In the sweltering back kitchen of a Times Square restaurant, undocumented cook Pedro is caught between mounting pressures at work and a complicated romance with waitress Julia. When money goes missing, suspicion spreads, igniting tensions that threaten to upend the fragile hopes of the staff.
2024 · Directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios · 139 min · Drama · Comedy · 10 frames
Tagline
Get back to work.
Crew
- Screenplay: Alonso Ruizpalacios
- Cinematography: Juan Pablo Ramírez
- Edited by: Yibrán Asuad
- Music: Tomás Barreiro
- Production design: Sandra Cabriada
- Produced by: Gerardo Gatica, Lauren Mann, Ramiro Ruiz, Ivan Orlić
Cast
- Raúl Briones as Pedro
- Rooney Mara as Julia
- Anna Díaz as Estela
- Motell Gyn Foster as Nonzo
- Laura Gómez as Laura
- Oded Fehr as Rashid
- James Waterston as Mark
- Lee Sellars as Chef
- Eduardo Olmos as Luis
- Spenser Granese as Max
Production
- Country: Mexico, United States of America, Sweden
- Language: English, Arabic, Spanish, French
- Studios: Filmadora, Fifth Season, Astrakan Film AB, Seine Pictures
- Budget: $770,000
- Themes: new york city, immigration, restaurant, times square, abortion, kitchen
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