Kitchen Brigade

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Kitchen Brigade

2023

1h 37m

Comedy

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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.

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Leslie Felperin

Guardian

The whole thing is just a bit off, even though it’s hard to quarrel too much with the pro-immigrant message.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 30, 2025

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Guy Lodge

Variety

A mostly palatable affair that can’t wholly sidestep white-savior cliché in a rushed final course.

Jan 13, 2023

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Beatrice Loayza

New York Times

“Kitchen Brigade” is 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.

Jan 12, 2023

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

Warm-hearted and humorous without losing sight of the manifold injustices many migrants face.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 3, 2025

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Parker Whitmore

Film Threat

Kitchen Brigade tells us to take risks, be brave, and cook like hell along the way.

Rated: 8/10

May 2, 2023

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Kenneth R. Morefield

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They say that one of the hardest culinary challenges that distinguish top-tier chefs from those closer to average is making a seemingly plain consommé. Louis-Julien Petit has nailed the cinematic equivalent...

Rated: 3.5/5

Jan 15, 2023

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Audience Member

HOCHLEBE DIE RÜBENORGEL Kleiner feiner Feeldgood Streifen mit einiges an Sarkasmus, typisch französischen Humor und die Devise das Einwanderer nicht gänzlich unnütz zu sein scheinen.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/24/24

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Maria Fernanda A

Beautiful full of hope. Good Saturday movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/30/23

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Louis-Julien Petit

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François Cluzet

Lorenzo

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Sabine

Fatou Guinea

Fatou

Yannick Kalombo

Gus

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Synopsis

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.

Director: Louis-Julien Petit
Producer: Liza Benguigui
Screenwriter: Louis-Julien Petit, Liza Benguigui, Sophie Bensadoun
Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films
Production Co: Palatine Étoile 18, France Télévisions, SG Image 2019, France 3 Cinéma, Canal+, Charlie Films, Indéfilms 9, Pictanovo, Apollo Films Ltd., Région Hauts-de-France, Cinécap 4, Elemiah, La Banque Postale Image 14, C8, Ciné+, Odyssée productions, Angoa-Agicoa
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 13, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 13, 2023
Runtime: 1h 37m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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