Celebrated filmmaker Fatih Akin, known for celebrated dramas like HEAD-ON and THE EDGE OF HEAVEN, serves up a delightfully fresh comedy with his latest award-winning film — a delicious, free-spirited story of food, friends, and rock & roll.

SOUL KITCHEN centers on a likable but hopelessly disorganized restaurateur, Zinos, whose cafe is second home to a motley crew of lovable eccentrics. When his girlfriend Nadine moves to Shanghai, love-sick Zinos decides to fly after her, leaving his 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 Zinos finds Nadine with a new lover. If the brothers can stop arguing and get it together, the Soul Kitchen might still have one last chance at staying in business. The mayhem that follows is a hilariously entertaining story of self-realization, set to an irresistibly soulful soundtrack.

“One of the current world cinema scene’s most exciting filmmakers.” (Los Angeles Times)

“A rollicking, beat-crazy foodie comedy…purely entertaining.” (The Onion A.V. Club)