La Cocina(2024)
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.
Movie: La Cocina
Top 10 Billed Cast
Pedro
Julia
Estela
Nonzo
Laura
Rashid
Mark
Chef
Luis
Max
Video Trailer La Cocina
Video: Official Streaming Trailer
Official Streaming Trailer
Official Trailer
Official Trailer #2
AFI Fest conversation: LA COCINA
First Look
Interview with Director Alonso Ruizpalacios
La Cocina on the Red Carpet
UK Trailer #2
All 8 videos
Official Streaming Trailer - Trailer
Official Trailer - Trailer
Official Trailer #2 - Trailer
AFI Fest conversation: LA COCINA - Featurette
First Look - Clip
Interview with Director Alonso Ruizpalacios - Featurette
La Cocina on the Red Carpet - Featurette
UK Trailer #2 - Teaser
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