The Lunch: A Letter to America (2026)
Eduardo, a Mexican cook in a Coney Island diner who crossed the desert two decades ago, becomes the unsuspecting centre of a story unfolding during the last week of the U.S. presidential campaign. Around him swirl fleeting encounters, patriotic hymns, prayers, accidental violence, tenderness, and landscapes of desperate beauty – an America at once raw and poetic.
Director: Gianluca Vassallo
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Eduardo Hernandez as Self |
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Robert Arnold Linsay as Self |
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Michelle Elfers as Self |
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Mark Leonard as Self |
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Paul Street as Self |
| Directing | Gianluca Vassallo | Director |
| Writing | Gianluca Vassallo | Writer |
| Production | Maddalena Satta | Producer |
| Camera | Gianluca Vassallo | Director of Photography |
| Art | Gianluca Vassallo | Production Design |
| Editing | Gianluca Vassallo | Editor |
| Editing | Giulio Tiberti | Editor |
| Sound | Whitney George | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Daniele Guarnera | Sound |