Bar owner Zinos is already close to bankruptcy as everything seems to turn out well. But will the good fortune remain on his side?
Zinos, owner of the shabby tavern „Soul Kitchen“, is cursed with bad luck: The health authorities want to close his shop, his girlfriend is moving to Shanghai, his criminal brother Illias urges him for help, and then Zinos hurts his back trying to move a dishwasher. Reluctantly, he must find somebody else for the kitchen and hires the eccentric cook Shayn. The new chef manages to drive away even the last loyal customers of “Soul Kitchen”. But miraculously, the restaurant soon becomes popular with a young crowd and it seems as if the closure can successfully be averted. Zinos entrusts the restaurant to his brother Illias and leaves to see his girlfriend in Shanghai – but a real estate broker is determined to ruin the business, and Illias is still used to solve problems in not entirely legal ways…
Fatih Akin - A movie director, scriptwriter, actor and producer
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born in Hamburg 1973. In his movies, he deals with themes like identity, culture and home. Fatih Akin became internationally known in 2004 with his movie “Head-on”, for which he won several prizes, including the Golden Bear. Since then he has been awarded numerous prizes, for example at the Venice Film Festival, the Cannes Film Festival, the German Film Awards and the European Film Awards.
| About the film |
| Genre |
Comedy |
| Country |
Germany |
| Year |
2009 |
| Director |
Fatih Akin |
| Script |
Fatih Akin, Adam Bousdoukos |
| Cast |
Moritz Bleibtreu, Adam Bousdoukos, Birol Ünel, Pheline Roggan, Maverick Queck, Lucas Gregorowicz, Demir Gökgöl |
| Length |
99 minutes |
| Awards |
Venice Internationale Film Festival 2009: Special Jury Prize
North German Film Award 2009: Best Script
North German Film Award 2010: Best Film
Filmfest Hamburg 2009: Art Cinema Award |
| Festivals |
Venice Internationale Film Festival 2009
TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival 2009
Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2009
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2009
German Film Festival in Tokyo 2009
Gent International Film Festival 2009 |
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