Overview
- A24 released the trailer Tuesday, confirming an August 2026 theatrical launch for Matt Johnson’s film starring Dominic Sessa as a 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain.
- Set in Provincetown, Massachusetts, the story follows one summer when Bourdain takes a restaurant job and begins to shift from aspiring writer to kitchen professional.
- Bourdain’s estate publicly backed the project, calling it an interpretation of an early chapter rather than a traditional life summary.
- Antonio Banderas plays the chef who hires Tony, with Emilia Jones, Leo Woodall, Stavros Halkias, Dagmara Dominczyk, and Rich Sommer in support, and a screenplay by Johnson, Matthew Miller, Todd Bartels, and Lou Howe.
- The trailer shows a young Bourdain missing a writing fellowship and learning the rhythms of a seafood kitchen, echoing scenes he later recounted in his 2000 memoir Kitchen Confidential.