La Cocina
In this loose adaptation of Arnoldo Wesker's stage play, the Mexican director, winner of multiple Berlinale awards, takes us behind the scenes of a restaurant in New York City's Hell’s Kitchen. This film serves a wild, aggressive, and melancholy metaphor of modern-day America: divided and predatory, full of inequality and disappointment.
Alonso Ruizpalacios
(Mexico DF, 1978) He studied directing in his home town and subsequently trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) in London. A writer and director for the stage, cinema and television, his first film Café paraíso was promptly invited to numerous international film festivals where it also won awards. His first feature, Güeros, received numerous awards worldwide, including the Berlin Film Festival’s Best First Feature Award as well as Tribeca’s Special Jury Mention.
Selected filmography
2008 Café paraíso (short)
2014 Güeros
2021 Film o policjantach / Una película de policías / A Cop Movie
2024 Apetyt na więcej. La Cocina / La Cocina
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