The film was shot primarily in London and Paris and tells a dystopian story set in 2044, when society has become deeply divided between rich and poor. The plot revolves around a dilapidated temporary housing complex called «The Kitchen», where a tight-knit community struggles to survive in the face of riot police and forced evictions from their brutalist concrete housing estate. The filmmakers deliberately chose real brutalist architecture in both cities to create a believable near-future world without relying entirely on CGI. British rapper Kane Robinson (known as Kano) plays Izi — a man working for a futuristic funeral services company — alongside debutant Jedaiah Bannerman, who plays Benji, a boy trying to find his place in this harsh world. In production, real locations are combined with digital enhancements, and buildings from the 1950s–1970s help create a convincing vision of an abandoned urban future.

Filming Locations:

Les Damiers Complex, La Défense

In the Film

Scene where the main part of The Kitchen district, which forms its visual core. The building's uneven appearance, protruding balconies, and checkerboard layout were enhanced with CGI to create an extended, gloomy residential complex.

In Reality

The scene was filmed at the Damiers complex, known as «Checkers», in Paris's La Défense, built in 1976. Its recognizable appearance consists of high-rise buildings arranged in a checkerboard pattern and pyramidal volumes that help let in natural light. Like the fictional The Kitchen district, Les Damiers faces the prospect of demolition for the Hermitage Plaza project, which has stalled, partly due to resistance from remaining residents.

London Electricity Board Headquarters

In the Film

Scene where the market square, where Staples' gang brings food from a truck to distribute to residents. The courtyard of this 1950s building with a checkerboard facade serves as the public market in the gloomy housing estate.

In Reality

The scene was filmed in the courtyard of the former London Electricity Board headquarters in Bethnal Green, built in the 1950s with a distinctive checkerboard pattern on the facade. The building now stands empty and became the market area for the film The Kitchen. It retains a convincing mid-century and harsh brutalist aesthetic that suited the film's visual style.

Collins Theatre, Islington

In the Film

Scene where the unfinished circular interior inside The Kitchen district. The abandoned circular architecture of the theatre creates a sense of a forgotten public space hidden within the concrete housing estate.

In Reality

The scene was filmed in the Collins Theatre building under Islington Green, a forgotten 400-seat underground theatre. This hidden space was once an important performance venue but later fell out of use and nearly disappeared from public memory. Its circular unfinished interior provided the film with a gloomy, enclosed space for underground scenes.