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A small group of amateur cooks and kitchen guests discover exactly why some refer to the kitchen as the "heart of the house" in director Allison Hebble's intimate drama. As the heat of the afternoon g... read more read more...ives way to a pleasantly mild summer evening, thirty year-old Lily Ireland (Christima Hendrix) begins preparing Insalata Caprese for her much-older love interest - a Spanish born photo journalist named Michael (Jaoquim de Almeida). Meanwhile, in a nearby apartment, Chris (Oz Perkins) watches nervously as his pregnant wife Shelly (Leisha Hailey) struggles to make the perfect lasagna. When the dish proves inedible and Chris orders a pizza, hormonal Shelly tearfully seeks solace in the company of her best friend Jude (Rachel Hunter). Despite knowing well that her lover Celia (Clare Carey) won't make it home in time for dinner, Jude passionately assembles an elaborate Italian meal that is destined to become leftovers before it is even cooked. In another part of town, as filmmaker Celia works on a movie scene featuring an elaborate kitchen set-up, the famished crew hungrily devours pizza just out of camera range. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Directed by: Allison R. Hebble, Zed Starkovich

Release Date: December 4, 2009

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DVD Release Date: January 12, 2010

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  • LC is most like Big Night and the Big Chill.
    A.W. Gryphon, Allison Hebble, Zed Starkovich and Starlotte Dawn Smith were all neighbors in West Hollywood. They got to talking one day over a glass of wine and decided to make a movie... they called som... read moree friends and less than a year later went in to production on La Cucina.

    A.W. Gryphon came up with the idea for the movie one night when she was cooking for a friend. They got so involved in a conversation about life and love that they emptied two bottles of wine and ate everything they prepared without ever leaving the kitchen.

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