Written and directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios,
La Cocina is adapted from the 1957 play 'The Kitchen' by Arnold Wesker. The film stars
Rooney Mara as Julia, a pregnant waitress at a manic New York
restaurant. When cash disappears from the register, the blame is levelled
at Julia's lover and the father of her child, Pedro (Raúl Briones), an undocumented immigrant employed as a cook.
La Cocina is in UK cinemas from December 26th.
Check out the trailer and a couple of posters below.
The official synopsis reads:
Amidst the lunch rush of a frantic Manhattan restaurant, a series of events threaten to bring the kitchen to a crashing halt.
While food orders flood in and pressure mounts to boiling point, the passionate relationship between chef Pedro (Raúl Briones) and waitress Julia (Academy Award nominee Rooney Mara) is starting to fray. But when missing money and shocking revelations cause things to spiral out of control, it’s not long before one of New York’s busiest kitchens is on the verge of imploding.
