Soul Kitchen Germany
2009, 99min.
Producers: Fatih Akin, Klaus Maeck, Director: Fatih Akin, Script: Fatih Akin, Adam Bousdoukos, Director of Photography: Rainer Klausmann, Prod.Design: Tamo Kunz, Sound: Andreas Hildebrandt, Editor: Andrew Bird
Cast: Adam Bousdoukos, Moritz Bleibtreu, Birol Ünel, Anna Bederke, Pheline Roggan, Lukas Gregorowicz, Dorka Gryllus
Nadine, the long-term girlfriend of a young restaurant-owner Zinos, leaves him . Zinos spends more time in the restaurant than with her, and she has just been offered a job in Shanghai. After she is gone, Zinos spirals into a crisis mode and decides to sell his restaurant. The Soul Kitchen has certainly seen better days – it’s not exactly buzzing, and Wilhelmsburg, the district where the restaurant is, is much too far away from the hip, bustling atmosphere of the heart of Hamburg. Zinos knows no better than to follow Nadine - so persists on selling the restaurant. And suddenly there are only three weeks left before its closure. In these three weeks, pure anarchy reigns in the Soul Kitchen: the chef cooks what he has always wanted to cook, a new DJ gets the guests dancing after their meals, artists exhibit their work – and the guests like it. Word of the cult Soul Kitchen spreads right around Hamburg. At the very last party, Zinos realises it was a mistake to sell the restaurant. When he finds out it is going to be torn down to make way for a shopping mall, he moves heaven and earth to get the Soul Kitchen back…
Awards
Special Jury Award, Arca Cinema Giovani (Venice IFF, 2009), Art Cinema Award (Hamburg FF, 2009)
Production Companies
CORAZÓN International GmbH & Co KG
Ditmar-Koel-Str.26
D-20459 Hamburg
Tel.: (49 40 - 311 82 38 -0)
Fax: (49 40 - 311 82 38 – 21)
Email: amt@corazon-int.de
www.corazon-int.de
Pyramide Productions (France)
5, rue du Chevalier Saint-George
75008 Paris
France
Tel.: (33 1.40.20.13.60)
Fax: (33 1.42.96.05.90)
Email: production@pyramidefilms.com
www.pyramide-productions.com
NDR (Germany)
| Akin, Fatih Fatih Akin (born 1973, Hamburg, Germany)
A son of Turkish parent, he studied film at the University Of Fine Arts Of Hamburg, graduating in 2000. From 1993 to 2004 he worked with Wüste Filmproduktion, Hamburg. In 2003, founded Corazon International Film Production Company. 2005, was a visiting professor at the College of Fine Arts of University of Fine Arts of Hamburg.
Filmography
Sensin – Du bist es!/Sensin…You’re the One! (1995); Getürkt/Weed (1996); Kurz und schmerzlos/Short Shqrp Shock (1998); Im Juli/In July (2000); Denk ich an Deutchland – Wir haben vergessen zurückzukehren (2000); Selmo (2002); Gegen die Wand/Head-On (2004); Visions of Europe (segment Die alten bosen Lieder/The Evil Old Songs, 2004); Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul (2005); Auf der anderen Seite/The Edge of Heaven (2007); New York, I Love You (segment, 2009); Deutchland 09: 13 kurtze Filme zur Lage der Nation/Germany 09: 13 Short Films about the State of the Nation (segment Der name Murat Kurnaz/Being Murat Kurnaz, 2008); Soul Kitchen (2009)
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