La Cocina (Fork2Film) at Cameo Cinema
La Cocina (Fork2Film)
It’s the lunch rush at The Grill in Manhattan, and money has gone missing from the register. All the undocumented cooks are being investigated, and Pedro (Raúl Briones) is the prime suspect. He’s a dreamer and a troublemaker, and in love with Julia (Rooney Mara), an American waitress who cannot commit to a relationship. Rashid, The Grill ́s owner, has promised to help Pedro with his papers so he can “become legal”. But a shocking revelation about Julia compels Pedro to spiral into an act that will stop the production line of one of the city’s busiest kitchens once and for all. La Cocina is a tragic and comic tribute to the invisible people who keep our restaurants running and our stomachs full, whilst chasing a perhaps unreachable version of the American dream.
Wine Experience: Gallica Wine
Meet the Artist:
Over the last decade, the Mexican director Alonso Ruizpalacios has established himself as one of the most daring filmmakers working within his national film industry. At a moment when Mexican cinema is divided between big-budget regional comedies such as Cindy la Regia (2020) and Unhappily Ever After (2023), and small-budget independent films about artists and their personal dilemmas like Fauna (2020) and El Mirador (2024), Ruizpalacios stands out for his willingness to address national topics—the 1999 UNAM strike in Güeros (2014); the 1985 heist at the Museum of National Anthropology in Museo (2018); and Mexico’s storied history of police corruption in A Cop Movie (2021)—while maintaining a personal perspective. His latest film, La Cocina (2024), reinterprets Arnold Wesker’s 1957 play of the same name as an immigration drama set in a Times Square kitchen. The film follows a Mexican line cook named Pedro (Raúl Briones) who becomes embroiled in a love-hate relationship with Julia (Rooney Mara), an American hostess.
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Wine Experience: Gallica Wine
Meet the Artist:
Over the last decade, the Mexican director Alonso Ruizpalacios has established himself as one of the most daring filmmakers working within his national film industry. At a moment when Mexican cinema is divided between big-budget regional comedies such as Cindy la Regia (2020) and Unhappily Ever After (2023), and small-budget independent films about artists and their personal dilemmas like Fauna (2020) and El Mirador (2024), Ruizpalacios stands out for his willingness to address national topics—the 1999 UNAM strike in Güeros (2014); the 1985 heist at the Museum of National Anthropology in Museo (2018); and Mexico’s storied history of police corruption in A Cop Movie (2021)—while maintaining a personal perspective. His latest film, La Cocina (2024), reinterprets Arnold Wesker’s 1957 play of the same name as an immigration drama set in a Times Square kitchen. The film follows a Mexican line cook named Pedro (Raúl Briones) who becomes embroiled in a love-hate relationship with Julia (Rooney Mara), an American hostess.
It’s the lunch rush at The Grill in Manhattan, and money has gone missing from the register. All the undocumented cooks are being investigated, and Pedro (Raúl Briones) is the prime suspect. He’s a dreamer and a troublemaker, and in love with Julia (Rooney Mara), an American waitress who cannot commit to a relationship. Rashid, The Grill ́s owner, has promised to help Pedro with his papers so he can “become legal”. But a shocking revelation about Julia compels Pedro to spiral into an act that will stop the production line of one of the city’s busiest kitchens once and for all. La Cocina is a tragic and comic tribute to the invisible people who keep our restaurants running and our stomachs full, whilst chasing a perhaps unreachable version of the American dream.
Wine Experience: Gallica Wine
Meet the Artist:
Over the last decade, the Mexican director Alonso Ruizpalacios has established himself as one of the most daring filmmakers working within his national film industry. At a moment when Mexican cinema is divided between big-budget regional comedies such as Cindy la Regia (2020) and Unhappily Ever After (2023), and small-budget independent films about artists and their personal dilemmas like Fauna (2020) and El Mirador (2024), Ruizpalacios stands out for his willingness to address national topics—the 1999 UNAM strike in Güeros (2014); the 1985 heist at the Museum of National Anthropology in Museo (2018); and Mexico’s storied history of police corruption in A Cop Movie (2021)—while maintaining a personal perspective. His latest film, La Cocina (2024), reinterprets Arnold Wesker’s 1957 play of the same name as an immigration drama set in a Times Square kitchen. The film follows a Mexican line cook named Pedro (Raúl Briones) who becomes embroiled in a love-hate relationship with Julia (Rooney Mara), an American hostess.
Wine Experience: Gallica Wine
Meet the Artist:
Over the last decade, the Mexican director Alonso Ruizpalacios has established himself as one of the most daring filmmakers working within his national film industry. At a moment when Mexican cinema is divided between big-budget regional comedies such as Cindy la Regia (2020) and Unhappily Ever After (2023), and small-budget independent films about artists and their personal dilemmas like Fauna (2020) and El Mirador (2024), Ruizpalacios stands out for his willingness to address national topics—the 1999 UNAM strike in Güeros (2014); the 1985 heist at the Museum of National Anthropology in Museo (2018); and Mexico’s storied history of police corruption in A Cop Movie (2021)—while maintaining a personal perspective. His latest film, La Cocina (2024), reinterprets Arnold Wesker’s 1957 play of the same name as an immigration drama set in a Times Square kitchen. The film follows a Mexican line cook named Pedro (Raúl Briones) who becomes embroiled in a love-hate relationship with Julia (Rooney Mara), an American hostess.
La Cocina (Fork2Film)
It’s the lunch rush at The Grill in Manhattan, and money has gone missing from the register. All the undocumented cooks are being investigated, and Pedro (Raúl Briones) is the prime suspect. He’s a dreamer and a troublemaker, and in love with Julia (Rooney Mara), an American waitress who cannot commit to a relationship. Rashid, The Grill ́s owner, has promised to help Pedro with his papers so he can “become legal”. But a shocking revelation about Julia compels Pedro to spiral into an act that will stop the production line of one of the city’s busiest kitchens once and for all. La Cocina is a tragic and comic tribute to the invisible people who keep our restaurants running and our stomachs full, whilst chasing a perhaps unreachable version of the American dream.
Wine Experience: Gallica Wine
Meet the Artist:
Over the last decade, the Mexican director Alonso Ruizpalacios has established himself as one of the most daring filmmakers working within his national film industry. At a moment when Mexican cinema is divided between big-budget regional comedies such as Cindy la Regia (2020) and Unhappily Ever After (2023), and small-budget independent films about artists and their personal dilemmas like Fauna (2020) and El Mirador (2024), Ruizpalacios stands out for his willingness to address national topics—the 1999 UNAM strike in Güeros (2014); the 1985 heist at the Museum of National Anthropology in Museo (2018); and Mexico’s storied history of police corruption in A Cop Movie (2021)—while maintaining a personal perspective. His latest film, La Cocina (2024), reinterprets Arnold Wesker’s 1957 play of the same name as an immigration drama set in a Times Square kitchen. The film follows a Mexican line cook named Pedro (Raúl Briones) who becomes embroiled in a love-hate relationship with Julia (Rooney Mara), an American hostess.
