La Cocina

An intense, well-acted film about the lives of kitchen workers, primarily consisting of illegal immigrants, at a lunch restaurant in New York.

It is lunchtime at The Grill, a tourist trap in New York that serves thousands of customers on a typical Friday. Some money is missing from the register, and all the workers are being questioned. One of the cooks is Pedro, a young Mexican who dreams of something more in life than what the job offers. He is also in love with Julia, an American waitress who does not want to enter into a relationship with an immigrant without a residence permit. The film premiered at the Berlinale earlier this year.

Brunch Screening at 200 // Sunday 01.09.24

What's better than starting Sunday with a delicious brunch and a good movie? You can do just that by watching the new film, La Cocina, at the neighborhood pub 200 on Løkka.

Read more about the event here.

Director

Alonso Ruizpalacios (b. 1978) is a Mexican director who debuted as a feature film director with Güeros (2014). In recent years, he has made several films, including Museo (2018), which won a Silver Bear for Best Screenplay at the Berlin Film Festival, and A Cop Movie (2021), which received wide international recognition.

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