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La cocina 2024
La cocina is a 2024 comedy-drama film written and directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios. The movie develops themes and techniques found in Ruizpalacios' earlier short Café Paraíso (2008) and adapts the 1957 stage play The Kitchen by Arnold Wesker, previously used for the 1961 British film The Kitchen. In contrast to the original versions where kitchen staff were European immigrants, this film features mostly Latin American characters with some Arab backgrounds. The cast includes Raúl Briones, Rooney Mara, Soundos Mosbah, Anna Díaz, Motell Foster, Oded Fehr, Eduardo Olmos and Spenser Granese.
The film made its debut at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival on February 16, 2024 and was distributed in the United States by Willa on October 25, 2024.
Cast
- Raúl BrionesPedro
- Rooney MaraJulia
- Anna DíazEstela
- Soundos MosbahSamira
- Eduardo OlmosLuis
- Motell FosterNonz
- Oded FehrRashid
- Laura GómezLaura
- James WaterstonMark
- Lee SellarsChef
- Spenser GraneseMax
- Julia HaltiganTrisha
Crew
- Director
- Alonso Ruizpalacios
- Screenplay
- Alonso Ruizpalacios
- Producer
- Alonso Ruizpalacios, Lauren Mann, Gerardo Gatica González, Ivan Orlic, Ramiro Ruiz
- Cinematography
- Juan Pablo Ramirez
- Editing
- Yibran Asuad
- Music
- Tomás Barreiro
Details
- Production
- Astrakan Film AB, Fifth Season, Filmadora, Panorama Global, Seine Pictures
- Distributor
- Cinépolis Distribución (Mexico), Willa
- Box office
- $249,115
