Synopsis
Years of working in the food industry have made Juana, a working-class Latina, a chef of speed and skill. Searching for financial stability, she stumbles into a high-energy, male-dominated Japanese cuisine kitchen. The new atmosphere re-ignites her passions for food and life and makes her hungry to get mixed up in the flavors of this new world.
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Cast
- Diana Elizabeth TorresJuana
- Jesus FuentesVictor
- Yutaka TakeuchiAki
- Alejandro ArzciatReporter
- Dixon PhillipsMr. Wagner
- Melissa LocsinStudio Coordinator
- Lane NishikawaJimmy Nishida
- James J. Der Jr.Kyung
Recommendations
- 75
San Francisco Chronicle
East Side Sushi is an engaging film that fits neatly into that category of foodie films and dreams. - 75
Washington Post
East Side Sushi includes a number of moments that are a little too on-the-nose in their eagerness to convey the obstacles.... But Lucero compensates for such missteps with subtly persuasive visual choices and narrative restraint. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Endearing performances, accomplished low-budget filmmaking and a distinctive urban setting all add up to an appetizing offering. - 70
Los Angeles Times
Though the film has trappings of a crowd-pleaser like Jon Favreau’s “Chef,” writer-director Anthony Lucero has left much thematically to unpack. - 70
Variety
Writer-director Anthony Lucero’s delectable debut feature has its share of on-the-nose writing and Cinderella-story contrivances, but for the most part folds its cross-cultural insights into a pleasing underdog narrative as deftly as its heroine presses together rice and nori. - 70
Village Voice
This lovely debut film contains all the ingredients of a culture-clash drama, which Lucero handles with a light touch.
