La Cocina
Alonso Ruizpalacios / MX, US, 2024 / 139 min.
Rooney Mara stars in this wonderfully filmed indictment of the abuse of kitchen workers in New York, who are often illegal immigrants. A tragi-comedic homage to the invisible people who prepare Americans’ food.
At the popular tourist trap restaurant The Grill in Times Square, that serves thousands of customers on a daily basis, recent immigrant Estela meets her new colleagues who are often illegal migrants: waitress Julia (Rooney Mara), her boyfriend the chef Pedro and his rival Max. Amid the chaos of prep and orders, they talk about love, family trouble and their homesickness. When money goes missing from the till and all the staff are interrogated, Pedro acts out of desperation.
Details
Director
Alonso Ruizpalacios
Production year
2024
Country
MX, US
Original title
La Cocina
Length
139 min.
Language
Spanish, English
Subtitles
ENG or NLD
Format
DCP
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