Our first look atThe Kitchen, the directorial and screenwriting debut of Academy Award winnerDaniel Kaluuya, has been released and teases a dystopian London in the year 2040. Released courtesy ofNetflix, the image findsTop Boystar Kano sitting atop a quasi-futuristic motorcycle as he struggles to survive in a world where the gap between the rich and the poor has become unsustainable. Check out the first image fromThe Kitchenbelow.
“In a dystopian London, the gap between rich and poor has been stretched to its limits,” the official synopsis for The Kitchen reads. “All forms of social housing have been eradicated and only The Kitchen remains. A community that refuses to move out of the place they call home. This is where we meet a solitary Izi (Kane Robinson), living here by necessity and desperately trying to find a way out, and a 12-year-old Benji (Jedaiah Bannerman), who has lost his mother and is searching for a family. We follow our unlikely pair as they struggle to forge a relationship in a system that is stacked against them.”
Kaluuya directsThe Kitchenalongside Kibwe Tavares, with the movie all set to star British rapper, songwriter, and actor Kane Robinson, aka Kano alongside Jedaiah Bannerman, Hope Ikpoku Jr, Teija Kabs, Demmy Ladipo, Cristale, and BackRoad Gee.
Alongside the first look image, it has also now been revealed thatThe Kitchenwill close the 67th BFI London Film Festival this October, before being released in theaters across the UK and landing on Netflix.
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The Kitchen Will Combine Social Politics & High-Octane Energy, Creating an Electrifying Experience
As well as the image and premiere date revelation, we also now have some insight intoThe Kitchencourtesy ofDeadline, with BFI London Film Festival Director Kristy Matheson describingthe dystopian dramaas “an electrifying big-screen experience.”
“Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya have made a film that totally explodes our expectations of contemporary UK cinema,” Matheson said. “The Kitchenoffers such scope for audiences – the essential social politics and high-octane energy gel perfectly to create an electrifying big-screen experience. We could not be more excited to close the festival with this inventive film set in a near future London that showcases this incredibly talented team who call this city home.”
Directors Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya meanwhile have stated what an honor it is to debut their movie at BFI’s London Film Festival.
“We both grew up in London, andThe Kitchenis a love letter to our city, so it’s a true honor to premiere it here, in our hometown, on the closing night of BFI’s London Film Festival. Starting a decade ago as a workshop in a local Barbershop, the film’s journey from script to screen has been a continued collaboration between us, and the community of cast and crew that came to make up our “Kitchen,” including our two amazing leads Kane Robinson and Jedaiah Bannerman whose performances anchor the heart of our story. Together we have aimed to make something fresh, thoughtful and cinematic – an allegory and homage to the residents of ‘The Kitchen’ in every city in the world.”
