SOUL KITCHEN
Fiction, 99min Germany/Italy
Written by
Fatih Akin and Adam Bousdoukos
Directed by
Fatih Akin
Cast
Adam Bousdoukos, Moritz Bleibtreu, Pheline Roggan, Anna Bederke,Lucas Gregorowicz, Dorka Gryllus, Demir Gökgöl, Birol Ünel
Original language
German
Genre
Comedy/Drama
SYNOPSIS
Young restaurant owner Zinos is down on his luck. His girlfriend Nadine has moved to Shanghai, his “Soul Kitchen” customers are boycotting the new gourmet chef, and he’s having back trouble! Things start looking up when the hip crowd embraces his revamped culinary concept, but that doesn’t mend Zinos’ broken heart. He decides to fly to China for Nadine, leaving the restaurant in the hands of his unreliable ex-con brother Illias. Both decisions turn out disastrous: Illias gambles away the restaurant to a shady real estate agent and Nadine has found a new lover! When it seems he lost everything, he grabs for the very last chance to get his Soul Kitchen back.
CrewÂ
Director of Photography Rainer Klausmann (BVK) Editor Andrew Bird Sound Kai Lüde (BVFT) Production Design Tamo Kunz Costume Design Katrin Aschendorf Make-Up Nica Faas, Maike Heinlein Sound Mixer Richard BorowskiLine Producer Christian Springer Production Manager Andrea Bockelmann Producer Ann-Kristin Homann Casting Monique Akin Music Supervisor Klaus Maeck, Pia Hoffmann Screenplay Fatih Akin, Adam Bousdoukos
Production
Corazón International(Germany), PyramideProductions (Francie), NDR (Germany), Dorje Film (Italy)
Supported by
Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein Deutscher Filmförderfonds Filmförderungsanstalt Nordmedia Fonds Der Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien
Italian Distributor
International Sales
FESTIVALS
Venice International Film Festival 2009
Jury Prize
European Film Awards 2009
Best Film, People Choice Award
David di Donatello 2010
Nomination for Best European Film























