Mikel, a young cook, meets with his father Juan, who had been missing for 30 years. While trying to keep his restaurant afloat, Mikel has to take care of crazed Juan, a former cook who suffers from a mental condition that prevents him from recognizing neither the aforementioned time gap nor his son Mikel.
Acting
Karra Elejalde's unhinged dad energy is genuinely unhinged, genuinely genius.
Writing
Balances slapstick and soul without tipping into cheese.
Practical Effects
The kitchen chaos feels deliciously real—someone definitely got burned filming.
Director
Joaquín Mazón
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Karra Elejalde is a Basque cinema legend; this role let him go full unhinged in his native comedic register.
The film quietly mirrors Spain's own struggle with historical memory—families fractured by time, unable to reconcile what happened.
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