A young chef travels to Provincetown and stumbles into the chaotic world of a restaurant kitchen, setting off a summer that will shape the course of his life. This film opened the 2026 Chichester Film Festival.
In 1975, one summer proved a transportive experience for a then 19-year-old, “spoiled, miserable, narcissistic, self-destructive, and thoughtless” Anthony Bourdain (Dominic Sessa – ‘The Holdovers’), as the late author and food connoisseur wrote in his book ‘Kitchen Confidential’. Arriving on the beachy tip of Cape Cod, Brazilian restaurateur Ciro (Antonio Banderas) hires Bourdain. Leo Woodall (‘Tuner’, ‘Bridget Jones: Mad About a Boy’) and Stavros Halkias are two of Bourdain’s co-workers. Bourdain’s estate is firmly behind Matt Johnson’s film, saying: “We chose to support ‘Tony’ because it is not a standard biopic and doesn’t attempt to summarize a life.” Tragically, Anthony Bourdain took his own life in 2018.
USA 2026 Matt Johnson 106m
