Director Fatih Akin loves Hamburg – and Filmfest Hamburg loves Fatih Akin. The best prerequisite for presenting his sixth feature film as the opening film of the 17th Filmfest Hamburg. Akin describes “Soul Kitchen” as his “first ever Heimatfilm” – and seldom has one seen Hamburg and actors from Hamburg staged so beautifully. The film centres on Zinos (Adam Bousdoukos) the owner of a run-down restaurant. When his girlfriend Nadine leaves for China, it seems that Zino’s time has come. But then his new cook (Birol ?œnel) revives the place – and the guests begin to come. Many of
them. Unable to forget Nadine, Zino rents the place out to his brother Illias (Moritz Bleibtreu), a day release prisoner. Soon the real estate agent Neumann (Wotan Wilke Möhring) begins to work Illias…
A story of love, lust, Lucullan delights and loyalty. And an homage to Hamburg.

Director: Fatih Akin

Screenplay: Fatih Akin Adam Bousdoukos

Cast: Adam Bousdoukos Moritz Bleibtreu BirolÜnel Anna Bederke

Producer: Fatih Akin Klaus Maeck

Orig. Titel: Soul Kitchen
Section: Northern Lights
Original language: German
Filmtype: Fiction Feature
Music: Supervisor: Klaus Maeck
DoP: Rainer Klausmann
Set Designer: Tamo Kunz
Editor: Andrew Bird
Format: 35 mm

German Distributor: Pandora Film GmbH & Co.Verleih KG
World Sales: The Match Factory GmbH, Balthasarstrasse 79-81, 50670 Köln, Germany, Tel: +49 221 539 70945, Fax: +49 221 539 70910, email: info@matchfactory.de, www.the-match-factory.com
Production Company: corazón international GmbH

Website: www.soul-kitchen-film.de