La Cocina
“Get back to work.”
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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Cast
27 people
Raúl Briones
Pedro
Known for
Club de Cuervos
Iron Reign
Rooney Mara
Julia
Known for
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Lion
Anna Díaz
Estela
Known for
Let Me Be with You
Motell Foster
Nonzo
Known for
Clickbait
Marriage Story
Anna Diaz
Estela
Known for
Totally Killer
Laura Gómez
Laura
Known for
Orange Is the New Black
Exposed
Oded Fehr
Rashid
Known for
Resident Evil: Extinction
The Mummy Returns
James Waterston
Mark
Known for
Dead Poets Society
Halston
Lee Sellars
Chef
Known for
Marvel's Luke Cage
Deception
Eduardo Olmos
Luis
Also in
Beachworld
Spenser Granese
Max
Known for
Grotesquerie
Pam & Tommy
Bernardo Velasco
Known for
Moses and the Ten Commandments
A Terra Prometida
Alonso Ruizpalacios Director · Arnold Wesker Story Tomás Barreiro Composer
Budget $770K · United States release October 25, 2024 · Produced in Mexico, United States, Sweden
Box office
Budget
$770,000
Production
Filmadora
Production
Fifth Season
Production
Astrakan Film AB
Production
Seine Pictures
Production
Panorama Global
Production
Saltalaliebre
Production
Eficine
Production
Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía
Production
Mexico · United States · Sweden
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Arabic · English · French · Spanish
Release dates
Germany · February 16, 2024
Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
United States · October 25, 2024
Limited theatrical
Mexico · November 7, 2024
Limited theatrical
United States · May 2, 2025
Digital
United States
June 9, 2024 · Premiere · Tribeca Festival
September 19, 2024 · Premiere · AFI Latin American Film Festival
October 11, 2024 · Premiere · Bend Film Festival
October 13, 2024 · Premiere · Heartland International Film Festival
October 17, 2024 · Premiere · Orcas Island Film Festival
October 19, 2024 · Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
October 20, 2024 · Premiere · New Hampshire Film Festival
October 21, 2024 · Premiere · Philadelphia Film Festival
October 25, 2024 · Premiere · Montclair Film Festival
October 27, 2024 · Premiere · AFI Fest
October 30, 2024 · Premiere · Virginia Film Festival
November 2, 2024 · Premiere · Miami Film Festival
Argentina
November 25, 2024 · Premiere · Mar del Plata Film Festival
Australia
June 5, 2024 · Premiere · Sydney Film Festival
August 9, 2024 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
May 15, 2025 · Theatrical
Austria
January 17, 2025 · Theatrical
Brazil
October 24, 2024 · Premiere · São Paulo International Film Festival
Canada
October 27, 2024 · Theatrical · Forest City Film Festival
China
April 23, 2024 · Premiere · Beijing International Film Festival
June 14, 2024 · Premiere · Shanghai International Film Festival
February 28, 2025 · Limited theatrical
Czechia
November 7, 2024 · Theatrical
Denmark
April 16, 2025 · Theatrical
Estonia
December 20, 2024 · Theatrical
Finland
May 23, 2025 · Theatrical
France
September 13, 2024 · Premiere · Deauville Film Festival
April 2, 2025 · Theatrical
Germany
January 16, 2025 · Theatrical
Hungary
March 6, 2025 · Theatrical
India
December 15, 2024 · Premiere · International Film Festival of Kerala
Indonesia
September 25, 2024 · Premiere · Jakarta World Cinema
Ireland
November 5, 2024 · Premiere · Belfast Film Festival
December 26, 2024 · Theatrical
Israel
November 7, 2024 · Theatrical
Italy
June 5, 2025 · Theatrical
Japan
June 13, 2025 · Theatrical
Lithuania
January 3, 2025 · Theatrical
Mexico
October 22, 2024 · Premiere · Morelia International Film Festival
January 17, 2025 · Digital · Max
Netherlands
December 5, 2024 · Theatrical
Peru
May 13, 2025 · Limited theatrical
Poland
July 21, 2024 · Premiere · New Horizons International Film Festival
August 1, 2024 · Premiere · Two Riversides Film and Art Festival
September 18, 2024 · Premiere · WAMA Film Festival
November 8, 2024 · Premiere · American Film Festival
March 28, 2025 · Theatrical
Romania
November 15, 2024 · Theatrical
Singapore
December 1, 2024 · Premiere · Singapore International Film Festival
December 12, 2024 · Limited theatrical
Spain
November 8, 2024 · Theatrical
Sweden
November 8, 2024 · Theatrical · Stockholm International Film Festival
April 18, 2025 · Theatrical
Switzerland
October 6, 2024 · Premiere · Zurich Film Festival
Türkiye
November 29, 2024 · Limited theatrical
Ukraine
May 22, 2025 · Theatrical
United Arab Emirates
January 7, 2025 · Digital · Video On Demand: AppleTV, YouTubeTV, GooglePlay, OSN Store
United Kingdom
October 10, 2024 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
November 9, 2024 · Theatrical · Leeds International Film Festival
March 28, 2025 · Theatrical
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