The read
Every source lands within 5 points of the others. Scores higher than 70% of the 6,766 2020s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes72%
Metacritic75/100
105 audience votes
Key crew
- Alonso RuizpalaciosDirector
- Alonso RuizpalaciosScreenplay
- Tomás BarreiroOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Raúl BrionesPedro
- Rooney MaraJulia
- Anna DíazEstela
- Motell Gyn FosterNonzo
- Laura GómezLaura
- Oded FehrRashid
- James WaterstonMark
- Lee SellarsChef
- Eduardo OlmosLuis
- Spenser GraneseMax
- Bernardo VelascoCast
- Soundos MosbahSamira
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Themes
new york cityimmigrationrestauranttimes squareabortionkitchen