# La Petite cuisine de Mehdi (2025)

**German title:** Couscous und Geheimnisse


**Genres:** Drama, Comedy

**Duration:** 104 min

**Age rating:** FSK 6

**IMDb:** [5.9](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34487826/)

**Letterboxd:** [3.1](https://letterboxd.com/film/spices-and-lies/)

**Rotten Tomatoes:** [Tomatometer: no votes yet, Popcornmeter: no votes yet](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/la_petite_cuisine_de_mehdi)

## Description

The young Algerian chef Mehdi lives a double life: By day, he is the brilliant chef at the bistro, on the verge of taking it over with his partner Léa – but in the evenings, he plays the "perfect son" for his Algerian mother Fatima. The only problem is that this role has no room for Léa or Mehdi's great love of French gastronomy. When Léa finally insists on meeting Fatima, a pressured Mehdi resorts to the worst solution possible – and triggers a chain reaction where misunderstandings boil over faster than couscous.

## Details

**Premiere:** 29 Jun 2026 (in 6 days)

**Director:** Amine Adjina

**Cast:** Younès Boucif, Clara Bretheau, Hiam Abbass, Gustave Kervern, Laurent Stocker, Lou-Adriana Bouziouane, Malika Zerrouki, Birane Ba, Agathe Dronne, Inès Boukhelifa, Horya Benabet, Kenza Lagnaoui

**Countries:** France

**Languages:** French

**Available versions:** OmU

**Open-air showtimes:** No

**Trailer:** [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmuU8I6aFG8)

## Showtimes in Düsseldorf in original language (OV, OmU, OmeU)

### 2026-06-29 (Monday)

- **[Bambi](/cinemas/327-bambi.md) (Stadtmitte):** [2026-06-29 18:45](https://booking.cinetixx.de/frontend/#/show/1856872634/3572210801)  (OmU)