Film Food: La Cena

Dinner prepared by chef Florin Dumitrescu at Da Pino, presented by LIDL

6:30 PM – Film screening: La Cena (dir. Manuel Gómez Pereira, Spain, 2025, 106’) | Military Circle

8:30 PM – Dinner prepared by chef Florin Dumitrescu at Da Pino, presented by LIDL

Winner of two awards at the latest Goya Awards, where it was nominated in eight categories, La Cena is set in 1939, immediately after the end of the Spanish Civil War. A group of defeated Republican chefs is ordered to prepare a celebratory banquet for Franco and his top generals at Madrid’s Palace Hotel. As they carry out this assignment, they devise a risky plan that may represent their final chance to escape.

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The culinary experience following the screening will be crafted by Florin Dumitrescu, widely known as a judge on television shows such as MasterChef and Chefi la cuțite. Considered one of Romania’s most talented and charismatic chefs, he began his culinary career as a trainee in restaurant kitchens at just 14 years old, spending more than half his life searching for the perfect balance between classic dishes and modern techniques.