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For a Fistful of Fries

2022 · 100 min Documentary Crime Thriller
7.1 / 10 · TMDB

A Congolese immigrant chef working at a Belgian fast-food restaurant finds himself entangled in a criminal network when his culinary talents catch the eye of a local crime lord. Under the guise of preparing chicken and fries, he becomes a linchpin in a money-laundering operation. Daily balancing his legitimate kitchen duties with underground dealings, the protagonist discovers the scent of frying oil masks not only crimes but his own fading identity. The documentary lens captures how an ordinary fast-food joint morphs into a front for dark affairs, where kitchen knives may prove more dangerous than firearms.

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Original Title Poulet Frites
Year 2022
Country Belgium, France
Genre Documentary, Crime, Thriller
Director Yves Hinant
Runtime 100 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.1/10 (31 votes)

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This documentary thriller transforms the mundane world of fast food into a tense study of immigrant survival economics. The camera acts as a conspirator, its lens catching the tremble of hands chopping potatoes and loaded glances exchanged between shifts.

What lingers after viewing is how globalization and gastronomy intertwine with shadow economies. A simple restaurant's smell of fried chicken may evoke not hunger but uneasy curiosity — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Yves Hinant

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Greasy kitchen air, hushed negotiations behind freezers, the rhythmic tap of a knife on a cutting board.

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