A God in Each Lentil

Luis, a scriptwriter who lives in Madrid and who is about to have a daughter, returns to Cocentaina, the village where he was born surrounded by the mountains of Alicante, in order to help his brother Kiko and his cousin Alberto to write a book about the cuisine of their family restaurant: L´ Escaleta, which has just received two Michelin stars and is encountered among the 25 best restaurants of Spain and Portugal. Together they begin a culinary and emotional trip that lasts for a year, while the dream of writing the book turns into reality. This quest helps Luis reunite with his people while the spectator observes the authentic life that lies behind a two Michelin star restaurant made by the hands of a devoted family, always passionate about their work and determined to offer people the best of themselves.

Director He studied cinematography in TAI school in Madrid. In 2001 he shoots his first short in 35mm, “Las huellas” (“Tracks”), co-produced by Aki Kaurismaki. In 2007 he starts Kinoskopik, and shoots the documentary film “Días de El Abanico” (“Days of El Abanico”), shot in Argentina. His first feature film “ORI” , (Spain-Georgia, 2009), was premiered at San Sebastian IFF, and has won Best First Film prize in Tetuan IFF and Best First Film Prize in Madrid PNR FF. “Khorosho” (short film, 2010), is selected in more than 45 national and international film festivals and wins several prizes in Cortada (Spain, Best film), UNCIPAR (Argentina, Best international film), Art Kurtz (France, Jury prize), Decortoan (Spain, Best film). “Chaika” (Spain-Georgia-Russia, 2012) his second feature film, was premiered at San Sebastian IFF 2012, and has traveled around the world being shown in several international film festivals. The film won Best Director´s Debut and Best Cinematographer´s Debut at Plus Camerimage IFF 2012, Best Film and Best Actress in San Marino IFF, Best Film in Skip City IFF (Japan), and Best Film in Fic Unach IFF , Mexico, 2014. “The night watchman” (2015) is his third feature film, now in postproduction.

– San Sebastian International Film Festival 2018 – Culinary Zinema (Spain)
– Berlinale 2019 – Kulinarisches Kino (Germany)
– São Paulo International Film Festival 2019 (Brasil)
– 16 Festival de Cine de Alicante 2019 – Gastro Cinema Award (Spain)