Soul Kitchen

Soul Kitchen is nicely underlit... diverting and amusing, with a likeably rough-hewn set of characters. """"
-Mark Demetrius, Film Ink
[Fatih Akin] portrait of Hamburg as a multicultural hothouse where real estate tycoons, rock musicians, hipster entrepreneurs and grizzled German seamen collide in the same restaurant is undeniably appealing.""""
-Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
With brisk pacing, sharp ideas and eclectic music, Akim and cinematographer Rainer Klausmann make ""Soul Kitchen"" a place for audiences to savor.""""
-Ray Bennett, Hollywood Reporter
A [?] comedy that never loses its exuberance.
-Stephen Holden, THE NEW YORK TIMES
Sizzles with delights!
-Joe Morgenstern, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Foodies will drool on demand.
-Anthony Lane, THE NEW YORKER
<4/5 Stars>
-Joshua Rothkopf, TIME OUT NEW YORK
<4.5/5 Stars>
-Pam Grady, BOX OFFICE MAGAZINE

Synopsis

Gut-busting laughs are on the menu in Fatih Akin’s hilarious follow up to his critically acclaimed hits Head-On and The Edge of Heaven. When down-and-out restaurateur Zinos attempts to follow his recently relocated girlfriend to Shanghai, he leaves his troubled blue-collar restaurant, Soul Kitchen, in the hands of his shady ex-con brother—a disastrous decision that puts the restaurant’s future in jeopardy. But if the brothers can stop their bickering and pull it together, Soul Kitchen might have one last shot at survival…

Theatrical Release Date

Friday, August 13, 2010
Original Languages: German / Greek
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Running Time: 99 min.
Year: 2009

CREDITS

CAST
Adam Bousdoukos
Birol Ünel
Moritz Bleibtreu
Anna Bederke
Pheline Roggan
DIRECTED BY
Fatih Akin

TRAILER


PHOTOS

Left to Right: Zinos Kazantsakis (Adam Bousdoukos) and Illias Kazantsakis (Moritz Bleibtreu). Photo Courtesy of Corazon International. Photo Courtesy of Gordon Timpen.
Left to Right: Nadine Krüger (Pheline Roggan), Zinos Kazantsakis (Adam Bousdoukos), Lucia Faust (Anna Bederke) and Illias Kazantsakis (Moritz Bleibtreu). Photo Courtesy of Gordon Timpen.
Director Fatih Akin. Photo courtesy of Mongrel Media
Photo Courtesy of Corazon International.
Left to Right: Anna Mondstein (Dorka Gryllus) and Zinos Kazantsakis (Adam Bousdoukos). Photo Courtesy of Gordon Timpen.
Illias Kazantsakis (Moritz Bleibtreu). Photo Courtesy of Gordon Timpen.
Left to Right: Nadine Krüger (Pheline Roggan) and Zinos Kazantsakis (Adam Bousdoukos). Photo Courtesy of Corazon International.
Zinos Kazantsakis (Adam Bousdoukos). Photo Courtesy of Corazon International.
Shayn Weiss (Birol Ünel). Photo Courtesy of Gordon Timpen.
Lucia Faust (Anna Bederke). Photo Courtesy of Corazon International.
Left to Right: Anna Mondstein (Dorka Gryllus) and Zinos Kazantsakis (Adam Bousdoukos). Photo Courtesy of Corazon International.
Left to Right: Illias Kazantsakis (Moritz Bleibtreu) and Lucia Faust (Anna Bederke). Photo Courtesy of Corazon International.
Left to Right: Zinos Kazantsakis (Adam Bousdoukos) and Illias Kazantsakis (Moritz Bleibtreu). Photo Courtesy of Corazon International.
Left to Right: Sokrates (Demir Gökgöl), Lucia Faust (Anna Bederke), Illias Kazantsakis (Moritz Bleibtreu), Zinos Kazantsakis (Adam Bousdoukos), Nadine Krüger (Pheline Roggan), Lutz (Lucas Gregorowicz) and Shayn Weiss (Birol Ünel). Photo Courtesy of Gordon
Sokrates (Demir Gökgöl). Photo Courtesy of Gordon Timpen.
Anna Mondstein (Dorka Gryllus). Photo Courtesy of Gordon Timpen.
Zinos Kazantsakis (Adam Bousdoukos). Photo Courtesy of Gordon Timpen.
Left to Right: Illias Kazantsakis (Moritz Bleibtreu) and Zinos Kazantsakis (Adam Bousdoukos). Photo Courtesy of Corazon International.
Left to Right: Illias Kazantsakis (Moritz Bleibtreu) and Sokrates (Demir Gökgöl). Photo Courtesy of Gordon Timpen.