"But even those few years on the shelf have left it feeling uncomfortably out of touch with the urgency of the times when it comes to the way it handles the plight of young immigrants who facing increasing levels of hostility both in France itself and across the world with the rise of far-right activists. In Kitchen Brigade's universe, almost all a bunch of undocumented"
"In care herself as a child, Cathy doesn't like authority much it seems (unless she's the one in charge), but she needs the work. The centre's other two saintly white people, director Lorenzo (Francois Cluzet) and teacher Sabine (Chantal Neuwirth), guide Cathy to be more understanding of the hardship the (mostly) black kids have been through to make it to France."
Kitchen Brigade is a 2022 French comedy-drama arriving in the UK years later. The film centers on Cathy, a chef who leaves a high-end restaurant to work at a refugee centre. Cathy trains mostly African undocumented teenagers in the French brigade kitchen system. The brigade system is shown as derived from military management with a systemic tendency toward abusive structure. Two other white staff—director Lorenzo and teacher Sabine—support Cathy as she learns about the students' hardship. The young actors deliver charisma but receive limited lines and development compared with the French characters. The film abruptly shifts into a reality-show competition plotline, creating a tonal mismatch that undermines urgency around immigrant hostility.
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