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Rating: 7.5 stars

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All movies seen on 11/02/2024

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La Cocina (2024)

Directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios

Drama

Overview

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.

Rated R | Length 139 minutes

Actors

Raúl Briones | Rooney Mara | Anna Díaz | Motell Gyn Foster | Laura Gómez | Oded Fehr | James Waterston | Lee R. Sellars | Eduardo Olmos | Spenser Granese | Bernardo Velasco | Soundos Mosbah | Esteban Caicedo | Nebli Basani | Jose Luis Perez | Gustavo Melgarejo Falconi | Pía Laborde-Noguez | Shavanna Calder | María Fernanda Bosque | Julia Haltigan | John Pyper-Ferguson | Roberto Oropeza | Finnerty Steeves | Leo James Davis | Kerry Ardra | Bernardo Velasco

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

I liked this film a lot. Similar to THE BEAR, it focuses on the workers and the frenetic activity of a restaurant’s “back of the house.”  It’s shot in glorious B&W and mainly in a 4:3 aspect ratio.  Rooney Mara is the “star” of the movie, but it’s mainly an ensemble piece.

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