BORDERLINES FILM FESTIVAL 2025

DIRECTOR: Alonso Ruizpalacios
STARRING: Raúl Briones, Rooney Mara, Anna Diaz, Motell Foster
US/MEXICO, 2024, 2 HOURS 19 MINUTES, ENGLISH/SPANISH + ENGLISH SUBTITLES

Tensions simmer in a busy Times Square restaurant where back-of-house staff chase the American dream.

Here, in fine-grained black and white, is the pressure cooker of the modern professional kitchen, shifting away from haute cuisine to the phenomenally tough lives of the immigrant workers who keep the line running. Newcomer Estela pitches up seeking work on a day when money goes missing, with swaggerer Pedro the prime suspect. Meanwhile, hostess Julia grapples with her own commitments.

Derived from Arnold Wesker’s play, The Kitchen, but informed by Ruizpalacios’ own experiences, this microcosm of contemporary capitalism teeters on the edge of total chaos.

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Preview courtesy of Picturehouse Entertainment

The screening on Thursday in Malvern is sponsored by BAR LIMÓN