The Dinner (2025 film)

The Dinner
The Dinner
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Spanish	La cena
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Directed by	Manuel Gómez Pereira
Written by	Joaquín Oristrell; Yolanda García Serrano; Manuel Gómez Pereira;
Based on	La cena de los generales; by José Luis Alonso de Santos
Produced by	Cristóbal García; Lina Badenes; Roberto Butragueño;
Starring	Mario Casas; Alberto San Juan; Asier Etxeandia; Óscar Lasarte; Nora Hernández; Eva Ugarte; Elvira Mínguez; Martín Páez; Carmen Balagué; Toni Agustí; Carlos Serrano; Eleazar Ortiz; Ferran Gadea; Antonio Resines;
Cinematography	Aitor Mantxola
Edited by	Vanessa Marimbert
Music by	Anne-Sophie Versnaeyen
Production; companies	La Terraza Films; Turanga Films; Sideral Cinema; Entre Medina y Genaro AIE; Halley Production;
Distributed by	A Contracorriente Films
Release dates	24 September 2025 (Zinemaldia); 17 October 2025 (Spain);
Countries	Spain; France;
Language	Spanish
Box office	€3.7 million

The Dinner (Spanish: La cena) is a 2025 comedy film directed by Manuel Gómez Pereira from a screenplay co-written with Joaquín Oristrell and Yolanda García Serrano based on a play by José Luis Alonso de Santos. The plot follows a young lieutenant (Mario Casas), and a conscientious maître d'hôtel (Alberto San Juan) as they try to organize a banquet at Madrid's Hotel Palace for a clique of Francoist generals just weeks after the end of the Spanish Civil War.

The film was presented in a RTVE-hosted gala of the 73rd San Sebastián International Film Festival on 24 September 2025 ahead of its 17 October 2025 theatrical release in Spain by A Contracorriente Films. It won Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Costume Design at the 40th Goya Awards.