The Dinner

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.