{"id":65723,"date":"2025-08-13T08:04:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T12:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/humanities-institute\/event\/2025-latin-american-film-festival-la-cocina\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T14:04:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T18:04:29","slug":"2025-latin-american-film-festival-la-cocina","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/humanities-institute\/event\/2025-latin-american-film-festival-la-cocina\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Latin American Film Festival &#8211; \u201cLa Cocina\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tribe-events-schedule tribe-clearfix\">\n<h2 class=\"tribe-events-schedule__datetime\">\n\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__date tribe-events-schedule__date--start\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__separator tribe-events-schedule__separator--date\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t @ \t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__time tribe-events-schedule__time--start\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">La Cocina &#8211; Alonso Ruizpalacios \/ Mexico, United States \/ 2024 \/ 139 min<\/h2>\n<p>Spanish with English subtitles<\/p>\n<p>Set in the chaotic kitchen of a bustling Times Square restaurant,\u00a0<em>La Cocina\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Alonso Ruizpalacios\u00a0is a gripping exploration of migration, power dynamics, and the pursuit of the American dream.<\/p>\n<p>Pedro\u2014one of Mexico\u2019s most-coveted actors\u00a0Ra\u00fal Briones,\u2014is a fiery and charismatic undocumented Mexican cook who struggles to navigate the pressures of his precarious existence. 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