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

Sep 30, 2025

2/5

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

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Guy Lodge

Variety

Jan 13, 2023

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

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Beatrice Loayza

New York Times

Jan 12, 2023

“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.

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

Oct 3, 2025

3/5

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

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Parker Whitmore

Film Threat

May 2, 2023

8/10

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

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Kenneth R. Morefield

1More Film Blog

Jan 15, 2023

3.5/5

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...

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Lemmiblog T

@Lemmiblog May 24, 2024

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.

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Maria Fernanda A

@RT57461076 Apr 30, 2023

Beautiful full of hope. Good Saturday movie.

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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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