Soul Kitchen

Soul Kitchen

  • Director: Fatih Akin
  • Writer: Fatih Akin,Adam Bousdoukos
  • Countries of origin: Germany, France, Italy
  • Language: German, Greek, Spanish, Turkish, English
  • Release date: December 25, 2009
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Душевна кухня
  • "Soul Kitchen" is a feature film directed by Fatih Akin and starring Adam Bousdoukos , Moritz J. Bleibtreu , Birol Uenel , Feline Logan and others. The film was released in Italy on September 10, 2009.
    The film tells the stories about life and love of a Greek immigrant who runs a restaurant business in Germany   .

    Details

    • Release date December 25, 2009
    • Filming locations Am Hasenberge, Hamburg, Germany
    • Production companies Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Corazón International, Dorje Film

    Box office

    Budget

    €4,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $276,901

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $20,916

    Gross worldwide

    $18,164,139

    Movie reviews

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    • By Candice 2022-03-21 09:02:43

      Memories of Hamburg

      When I was working in Stuttgart in 2006, I read a story in a Chinese newspaper, and there was a sentence in it that I still remember to this day - Hamburg is really a charming city.

      The first time I went to Hamburg was in 2009, and in that year, the movie "Kitchen of the Heart" was released, but the first time I saw it, it was already 2013. This is the story of a foreign immigrant in Hamburg filmed by a native Hamburg-raised immigrant director....

    • By Dora 2022-01-09 08:02:17

      Although it has gone through a big change, but the career love is back again

      The protagonist runs a restaurant, the business is not very good, and he owes a lot of taxes and fails to pay. His younger brother is a prisoner, but he was allowed to leave the prison once a week, every 2 hours. If he could find a job, he would be able to get out of prison every day, as long as he returned at the specified time, so his younger brother came to work here. The actor's girlfriend went to work in China. The actor was very unwilling to give up. Later, he injured his...

    • By Enola 2022-01-09 08:02:17

      There are not many movies in small languages ​​that can be watched

      After watching it intermittently for several times, I am always a little obstructed with movies in languages ​​other than Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, and I have to be patient to get used to their language, because I have to pay more attention to watching the subtitles. The Mind Kitchen tells the stories of a group of little characters, mixed with some absurdities and excursions in reality, so the original bleak story is painted with a comedy color, and it seems a lot lighter and lively....

    • By Austyn 2022-01-09 08:02:17

      The most meaningful part of this film to me is the uncle

      I watched the premiere at UGC and saw Fatih Akin. I think I look pretty good. Xiaochun's aesthetic has been strongly questioned by Xiaochun. In addition, she also doubts the dressing taste of people who work in the industry of directors. Some time after the opening of the film, she suddenly asked me "Is the protagonist the director himself", and I shook my head after identifying it very hard. Because Akin is of Turkish origin, and the protagonist of the film is Greek~~~ Once again, when I went...

    • By Eusebio 2022-01-09 08:02:17

      Mo Yujun's heart takes my heart

      The protagonist's name is Zenos, he has a brother named Ilias, and a rich girlfriend Nadine is working as a reporter. Of course, he owns a restaurant called soul kitchen, and is the chef and owner of it.
      At the beginning of the film, he was hurriedly preparing food. I always thought that maybe foreigners have simple requirements for food taste. You can see that he can make so many things that are mostly packaged cooked food. Was praised by some customers and made the restaurant's business...

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    • By Lura 2022-04-24 07:01:17

      I never knew Germans could make such a funny movie. It's quite predictable. The English subtitles made me laugh too...

    • By Trycia 2022-04-24 07:01:17

      I was fascinated by this movie, who rarely watched German movies. It started out as a random and crazy comedy, even a little dark humor, but in the end it was the persistent struggle of the protagonist. The movie is a little bit German Nazi rude, a little French romance, a little Spanish and Italian casual, and a little Turkish and Greek. The background music of the whole play is so brisk. The ending is even more hilarious and...

    • By Kacie 2022-04-24 07:01:17

      When I saw the name, I thought it would be a wonderful film full of food, so I called Houhouxuan to watch it. It does not seem to be the case. The film has a slightly Turkish flavor, which also reminds me that many themed restaurants in China are now remodeled from factories. Haha, and a man's waist is very...

    • By Hipolito 2022-04-24 07:01:17

      Teacher Devin showed it to us in class. I didn't see the end, but I thought it was very...

    • By Keyon 2022-04-24 07:01:17

      The important thing is that I also want to have a restaurant of my own, soul kitchen might be a good...

    Movie plot

    Zenos opened a small restaurant next to a movie theater with a hotel in Hamburg. His customers are workers who work nearby. They like to eat a pile of fried patties and burgers with beer. On this day, after playing a billiard, Zenos hurriedly went to the farewell party of his ex-girlfriend Nadine. She had just found a job in Shanghai. Zenos's younger brother Irias is already a big brother, but he still lives on petty theft. After he...
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    Evaluation action

    The film is not a literary inspirational movie, but a light comedy. The same is the great desire of human beings. Unlike the "Diet Men and Women" that revolves around the family, the movie finally returns to the love of men and women, and it is full of regrets and full of joy. (The Bund Pictorial Review) 
    Although the film has a small investment budget, it still has a clear personal style. (Southern Internet Review) 
    Although there...
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    Movie quotes

    • Illias Kazantsakis: It is absolute that there is no absolution, which is even not absolute.

      Lucia Faust: Is it a proverb?

      Illias Kazantsakis: It is my word.

    • Lucia Faust: Goethe said: "Colors are light's monument and misery." That is because Van Gogh get crazy and cut himself ear. Do you understand?

      Illias Kazantsakis: Of course, sure. I know.

      Lucia Faust: Good then.

    • Sokrates: Give me a glass of wine you stranger bastard.

      Shayn Weiss: I love you too, Sokrates.

      Sokrates: Ya, ya, ya.