La Cocina

La Cocina

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2024•2h 19m•6.9/10

DramaComedy

Ratings

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6.9/10(93)

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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Production

Filmadora, Fifth Season, Astrakan Film AB, Seine Pictures, Panorama Global, Saltalaliebre, Eficine, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía

Language

ES

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Raúl Briones

Raúl Briones

Pedro

Rooney Mara

Rooney Mara

Julia

Anna Díaz

Anna Díaz

Estela

Motell Gyn Foster

Motell Gyn Foster

Nonzo

Laura Gómez

Laura Gómez

Laura

Oded Fehr

Oded Fehr

Rashid

James Waterston

James Waterston

Mark

Lee Sellars

Lee Sellars

Chef

Eduardo Olmos

Eduardo Olmos

Luis

Spenser Granese

Spenser Granese

Max

Bernardo Velasco

Bernardo Velasco

Soundos Mosbah

Soundos Mosbah

Samira

Esteban Caicedo

Esteban Caicedo

Nebli Basani

Nebli Basani

José Luis Pérez

José Luis Pérez

Gustavo Melgarejo Falconi

Pía Laborde-Noguez

Susan

Shavanna Calder

Shavanna Calder

Inez

María Fernanda Bosque

Julia Haltigan

Trisha

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