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Release year: 2022

Storyline

Cathy is a sous-chef wanting to open a restaurant. With financial difficulties, Cathy accepts a job at a shelter for young migrants. At first she hates the job then her passion for cuisine starts to change children's lives.

Top credits

Directors

Louis-Julien Petit

Writers

Cast

Audrey Lamy — Cathy Marie
François Cluzet — Lorenzo Cardi
Chantal Neuwirth — Sabine
Fatou Kaba — Fatou

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Did you know

• The film premiered at the 2022 L'Alpe d'Huez Film Festival where it won the Prix d'intérpretation féminine (best female actor award), and it was released in theatres in France on 23 March 2022. It was released in 24 countries during 2022 and 2023, including in the United Kingdom in December 2022 and as a Samuel Goldwyn Films limited release in the U.S. in January 2023.

• The New York Times described it as a "feel-good drama set in a hostel for undocumented minors - with a kick of cooking-competition-show excitement" and called it "a white-savior story par excellence, though at least it's not difficult to swallow - the young people are lovely, and so is the food."

• Kitchen Brigade (French: Kitchen Brigade (2022)), is a French comedy-drama film directed by Louis-Julien Petit. The film was based on an original idea by Sophie Bensadoun. The screenplay was written by Bensadoun, Petit, Liza Benguigui and Thomas Pujol. It stars Audrey Lamy, François Cluzet and Chantal Neuwirth.