Soul Kitchen

Celebrated filmmaker Fatih Akin, known for acclaimed dramas like Head-On and The Edge of Heaven, serves up a delightfully fresh comedy with his latest award-winning film. Soul Kitchen is a delicious, free-spirited story of food, friends and rock & roll, winner of the Special Jury Prize and the Young Cinema Award for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival, and a smash with audiences at the Toronto and Tribeca film festivals. The film centers on a likable but hopelessly disorganized restaurateur, Zinos (co-screenwriter Adam Bousdoukos), whose cafe is second home to a motley crew of lovable eccentrics. When his girlfriend Nadine (Pheline Roggan) up and moves to Shanghai, a love-sick Zinos decides to fly after her, leaving his restaurant in the hands of his unreliable ex-con brother Illias (Moritz Bleibtreu, The Baader Meinhof Complex, Run Lola Run). Both decisions turn out disastrous: Illias gambles away the restaurant to a shady real estate agent, and Zinos finds Nadine with a new lover. If the brothers can stop arguing and get it together, the Soul Kitchen might still have one last chance at staying in business. The mayhem that follows is a hilariously entertaining story of self-realization, set to an irresistibly soulful soundtrack. (Fully subtitled)

Director:

Fatih Akin

Cast:

Adam Bousdoukos, Moritz Bleibtreu, Birol Ünel, Anna Bederke, Pheline Roggan, Lukas Gregorowicz, Dorka Gryllus, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Demir Gökgöl, Monica Bleibtreu, Marc Hosemann, Cem Akin, Catrin Striebeck, Hendrik von Bültzingslöwen, Jan Fedder