Sun, Apr 19
|Village East by Angelika
LA CENA / THE DINNER
Set in the turbulent aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, a grand dinner is planned to celebrate the nationalist triumph of Franco in the iconic and luxurious Hotel Palace in Madrid. But what the victors don’t know is who's in the kitchen… Followed by Q&A w/ Cristóbal García.
Time & Location
Apr 19, 2026, 4:45 PM EDT
Village East by Angelika, 181-189 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003, USA
About the event
LA CENA / THE DINNER
Manuel Gomez Pereira | Spain-France | Fiction | 2025 | 106 min
*Followed by Q&A with producer Cristóbal García.
**LA CENA won the 2026 Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, moderated by Richard Peña, Professor Emeritus, Columbia University; formerly program director of Film at Lincoln Center
April 15th, 1939. Two weeks after the end of the Spanish Civil War, lieutenant Medina bursts into the Hotel Palace with an unexpected announcement: Franco will dine there that night with his top generals. What they don’t know is that the dinner will be prepared by a group of Republican chefs who have just been given their last chance to escape the country.