The Kitchen

The Kitchen (2023)

Strong roots grow in unlikely places

Izi's close to escaping The Kitchen, one of London's last remaining housing estates. But when young Benji enters his life, he faces some hard decisions.

Date of release
2023-10-15
TMDB
4.8 / 10 (202)
Runtime
1h 49m
Genres
Science Fiction, Thriller, Drama, Adventure, Comedy
Director
Kibwe Tavares, Daniel Kaluuya

Casting

Interesting facts

The Kitchen is a 2023 British dystopian drama film directed by Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya from a screenplay from Kaluuya and Joe Murtagh. The film stars Kane Robinson, Jedaiah Bannerman, Hope Ikpoku Jr, Teija Kabs, Demmy Ladipo, Cristale and BackRoad Gee.

Production

The Kitchen is the feature-length directorial debut of both Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya. Tavares, Kaluuya and producer Daniel Emmerson began developing the film in 2014, after a conversation in a barbershop. In 2016, the film was selected for Sundance's Screenwriting and Directing Lab.

Production on the film took place from March to June 2022. The film was shot entirely on location. The Kitchen market was the old London Electricity Board Building on Cambridge Heath Road in London. The Kitchen neighborhood was the Damiers complex in La Défense, Paris.

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