La Cocina

Oct 25, 2024

2h 19m

★ 7.0

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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.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Filmadora

Fifth Season

Astrakan Film AB

Seine Pictures

Panorama Global

Saltalaliebre

Eficine

Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía

La Cocina Trailers

Cast

Pedro

Raúl Briones

Julia

Rooney Mara

Estela

Anna Díaz

Nonzo

Motell Gyn Foster

Laura

Laura Gómez

Rashid

Oded Fehr

Mark

James Waterston

Chef

Lee Sellars

Luis

Eduardo Olmos

Max

Spenser Granese

Bernardo Velasco

Samira

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