Collider may exclusively show a new trailer for Kitchen Brigadetouching new comedy from the director Louis Julien Petit following the sous chef and her new team into the kitchen. After years of working towards achieving her goals, Katie (Audrey Lamy) is finally getting ready to open his own restaurant. However, when something goes wrong and she is in financial danger, she resorts to working in a canteen for a shelter for young migrants. Her fiery passion for the kitchen ignites a spark in children, changing their course of life. The trailer shows her warming up in front of her kitchen crew as they learn how to cook.
At the start of the shot, Cathy is fed up with following the orders of her chef, with whom she strongly disagrees, leading her to leave in hopes of opening her own establishment. She takes a job at a dorm cafeteria for financial support, but is shocked to learn that it is for young migrants and many of them. Immediately she is overwhelmed by this task. The kitchen is much worse than what she is used to, and cooking 70 meals a day is an absurd request. That’s when the dorm manager gets the idea to let the boys work in the kitchen with Cathy. Although their culinary knowledge is limited, they are fascinated by Cathy’s skills and want to learn from her. Gradually they become a well-oiled kitchen crew full of heart and hustle, and even Cathy finds joy in a job she once thought was bleak.
Petya’s latest trailer looks like an upbeat drama, never lingering too long on the hardships Katy faces before showing the joy she gets from her job. While the focus is on how well young people cook and learn to team up, it is clear that Kitchen Brigade Katy learns to have fun in the kitchen and becomes a respectable and empathetic leader. The passion she instills in children can be felt in every scene, teasing with touching hours.
Joining Cesar nominee Lamy in Kitchen Brigade talented cast including François Cluzet won the César award, the French equivalent of the Oscar, for the 2006 film. Do not tell anyone. Complete the brigade Chantal Neuwirth, Fatumata Kaba, Amadou Bach, Boubacar Balde, Mamadou Koitaas well as Yannick Calombo.
Additional information about Kitchen Brigade
Originally released in France back in March under the title brigade, Kitchen Brigade is Petya’s sixth feature film after Invisible in 2018. He reassembles part of the group from this film, with Lamy returning as star and screenwriter. Lisa Benguigi working with Petit again to write the script. Sophie Bensadoun also wrote the screenplay for the film, which was written in collaboration with Thomas Pujol. The film is distributed worldwide by Samuel Goldwyn Films.
Kitchen Brigade will be released to theaters and VOD on January 13th. Watch the trailer below.
Source: Collider
