La Cocina

2024 139 min Drama, Comedy

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.

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IMDb 7.0 RT 72 Metacritic 75

budget $770,000

director Alonso Ruizpalacios

writers Alonso Ruizpalacios, Arnold Wesker

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