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La Cocina

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6.9(111)20242h 19m2

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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Status
Released
Budget
$770K
Box office
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Language
English
  • new york city
  • immigration
  • restaurant
  • times square
  • abortion
  • kitchen

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Produced in

Mexico, United States of America, Sweden

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Release dates

  • IndiaIN

    • PremiereInternational Film Festival of Kerala15 Dec 2024
  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereTribeca Festival9 Jun 2024
    • PremiereAFI Latin American Film Festival19 Sept 2024
    • PremiereBend Film Festival11 Oct 2024
    • PremiereHeartland International Film Festival13 Oct 2024
    • PremiereOrcas Island Film Festival17 Oct 2024
    • PremiereChicago International Film Festival19 Oct 2024
    • PremiereNew Hampshire Film Festival20 Oct 2024
    • PremierePhiladelphia Film Festival21 Oct 2024
    • PremiereMontclair Film Festival25 Oct 2024
    • Theatrical (limited)R25 Oct 2024
    • PremiereAFI Fest27 Oct 2024
    • PremiereVirginia Film Festival30 Oct 2024
    • PremiereMiami Film Festival2 Nov 2024
    • Digital / OTT2 May 2025
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereBFI London Film Festival10 Oct 2024
    • TheatricalLeeds International Film Festival9 Nov 2024
    • Theatrical1528 Mar 2025
  • United Arab EmiratesAE

    • Digital / OTTVideo On Demand: AppleTV, YouTubeTV, GooglePlay, OSN Store7 Jan 2025
  • AustraliaAU

    • PremiereSydney Film Festival5 Jun 2024
    • PremiereMelbourne International Film Festival9 Aug 2024
    • TheatricalMA 15+15 May 2025
  • CanadaCA

    • TheatricalForest City Film Festival27 Oct 2024
  • ArgentinaAR

    • PremiereMar del Plata Film Festival25 Nov 2024
  • AustriaAT

    • Theatrical17 Jan 2025
  • BrazilBR

    • PremiereSão Paulo International Film Festival24 Oct 2024
  • ChinaCN

    • PremiereBeijing International Film Festival23 Apr 2024
    • PremiereShanghai International Film Festival14 Jun 2024
    • Theatrical (limited)28 Feb 2025
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical15+7 Nov 2024
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical16 Apr 2025

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La Cocina was released on 25 October 2024.

Audience reviews

2
  • C

    CinemaSerf

    3/29/2025

    6/10

    If you saw “Boiling Point” (2021) then you’ll get the gist of this drama set in an hectic New York restaurant kitchen. “The Grill” might look peaceful to the customers, but it’s kitchen is a multi-cultural, multi-lingual and attitudinal melting pot of cooks, waitresses and cleaners under the guidance of a no-nonsense chef (Lee Sellars) and a slimy manager “Luis” (Eduardo Olmos). It’s this latter man who finds there’s…

  • B

    badelf

    11/7/2025

    8/10

    La Cocina: Society in a Pressure Cooker Not every film needs to be an Aesop's fable, and "La Cocina" understands this perfectly. Alonso Ruizpalacios has crafted an impressive slice-of-life film that elevates the genre by compressing time, making everything that can happen in a restaurant kitchen visible within 139 minutes. That alone is worth the price of admission. What makes the film remarkable is how success…

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