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Synopsis: In Hamburg, Zinos has a restaurant serving poor-man's fare; he gets by, but his girlfriend has taken a job in Shanghai, he's hurt his back and can't cook, his feckless brother can be on daily parole from jail only if Zinos employs him (though his brother doesn't want to work), a school acquaintance wants to buy the restaurant property, and the tax authority and health inspector are on his case. Zinos hires a temperamental chef and loses all his customers, signs a power of attorney giving his brother full authority at the restaurant, and buys a ticket to Shanghai. Is this a recipe for disaster?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Fatih Akin
Production: IFC Films
  4 wins & 9 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
76
Rotten Tomatoes:
73%
Year:
2009
99 min
$200,000
Website
661 Views


I am buying all of these.

Hello?

- Good morning captain.

- What's up?

- I am looking for Zinos Kazantsakis

- He is sick.

Sick? Ok then.

- Who is the owner of this place?

- Sick one.

Take care chief!

Do you have prescription?

- No.

- Did you see a doctor?

Not exactly.

I fear.

Lean forward.

- Ah. This is the end.

- Okay.

It can be hernia.

It is bad?

If it is, yes it is bad.

How can we know?

MR can show it, but doctor

need to write prescription.

Sh*t.

I can show you some

moves, can be relaxing.

- What is your job?

- Cook.

You can't work as

a cook in this situation.

Why?

Standing for a long time can be harmful.

Sitting too.

You need to walk a lot. Always in motion

Don't lift heavy things.

- Okay?

- Okay.

Dancing can help to decrease your pain

- Dance?

- Hmm-m.

This is fantastic.

A real Roman coffeehouse.

They will destroy to come.

Tell me chief.

Do you want to hire this place?

I know everything about restaurants so that..

...I am aware of that

I don't want to manage a restaurant.

Hawaii steak.

Meatball.

Fish in oven.

Spaghetti with cream sauce.

Spinach with cream sauce.

Fried Potatoes

with cream sauce.

I won't cook this sh*t.

You were looking for a job.

Whore is who you are looking for.

I am a cook.

I see. Door is there.

Hey, wait a second.

I don't like these foods either,

but people like them.

They don't have a taste.

They have a hole in the stomach.

And they fill

this hole with sh*t

System's working like this.

Are you an opportunist?

No, but how can I pay my bills?

This place is not a gourmet temple.

It is what it is.

Sell out.

Things can't be sold, can be sold.

Fake Passions.

One illusion.

Optical illusion.

and filling.

Here:

Great. Can we put this in menu?

There are 40 kind of food in the menu,

and everyone of them tastes same.

I will make 4 kind of food,

with same money.

Food for Soul.

Yea man.

Soul Kitchen.

Yea man.

Hello?

We are not open yet.

Good morning.

- Are you chief?

- Yes

Schuster, Hamburg internal revenue office.

Do you know that you have tax depth?

- Do you have cash?

- Do I look like a bank?

Can I see your wallet?

Do you want to sit down

and drink something first?

We are not thirsty.

Show me your wallet.

No.

Wait a second. You can't do it.

Don't take the music set.

Music is a food of soul.

We will come 3 weeks later.

We will be hungry next time.

This is a robbery.

I know my rights, alright?

You can't do this to me!

- Hey Zino!

At last,

your bumbum music is gone!

You bastard.

Hey Chief, what's up?

...Chief's soup.

What is the name of this?

Name...

... acupuncture chief's soup.

Let's do and eat hot-dog.

Taste very well though.

- No, not today.

- As you wish.

Why nobody orders food?

Ask them.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Dear guests:

Could I ask

why don't you order food?

Cut the crap old fart.

I want my schnitzel

- Same here

- What about my meatball?

Where is my pizza?

You can find your pizza in next place.

Supermarket.

Peasant don't eat

what they don't know, right?

Taste fascist!

All of you are taste fascist

It is unbelievable.

Eat that sh*t yourself!

You are a yearly customer,

and what they have done to you!

Nadine, please

take off the towel.

Zinos, I need to leave in 10 minutes.

Doesn't matter, take off.

I am coming now.

Is it that fast?

Milli!.. Goat!... Me-e-e-e!

- Me-e-e-e.

- Hey mate.

- What's up? How are you?

- Fine.

Illia.

- So? How was it?

- Everything! Everything is done.

Darling, can you give me a beer?

Take yourself.

Would you like too?

I haven't finished mine.

Is is possible to flirt with you?

Don't mess with me.

- So, What happened?

- Nothing.

All listen me!

Go Home!

What is going on mate?

We've just arrived.

Illias, get out.

Stand up, let's go.

Are we going to Dollhouse?

Let's see some real woman.

What are you looking at?

I can't even pay your money.

Let's call it for today.

Just for today?

or forever?

I will call you.

Lucia, give me a break

and leave please.

Lutz, Lutz!

Are you deaf?

Take your violinist and get lost.

- Don't you like it?

- Not today!

Ok, ok.

Hey, close the door!

Soul Kitchen!

Neumann... What are you doing here?

It seems like your place rocks.

Poker is played here, right?

Sometimes.

What's up?

Don't you serve a drink?

Of course.

What you would like to drink?

- Break Beer.

- It is coming right now.

Is this the old view of this place?

It was, when I bought it.

- It was a bargain, right?

- Yes

Do you want to see what I bought?

Sure, Why not?

What is wrong man?

Want me to hand-job?

My back hurts when sitting.

Did you jerk off a lot?

- where are you taking me?

- You will see soon.

Take a look at these places.

Look, look.

All block is belong to me.

- So, Is it your place?

- Not exactly.

I rent it.

I rent it to girls and some boys.

Until building is collapsed.

Good.

We can f*** if you want.

Two for you, two for me.

It will be good for your back.

- Doctor Neumann ha?

- Doctor Neumann, exactly.

- What's up Tschako?

- Neumann. Do you have wave on you?

- Always.

- Hello.

Hello.

- So?

- What do you have?

Will you sell your place to me?

I can rent you,

just like this place.

I don't want to rent.

I want to buy it.

Tell me a price.

I really don't think to sell the place.

It is my place, you know?

I build it myself.

I installed the pipes.

Build the toilets..

I picked up the tables

and chairs from junkyard.

- It has intangible value for me.

- Okay Okay. Mine has intangible value for me too.

If you change your mind...

...my offer is always

available, Okay?

Okay.

Good afternoon.

Health Department?

Yes. How can I help you?

I have a complain.

Food poisoning.

From Soul Kitchen.

Where?

Soul Kitchen.

Soul... S-O-U-L

Kitchen

Just like Kitchen of soul, Soul kitchen.

Industrial area, Wilhelmsburg.

I ordered cheese bread.

It was stale.

It was Green mouldy

and hard like rock.

There was insects everywhere etc.

It was more like zoo, then restaurant!

We will take care of it.

Please. It is urgent.

This is illegal.

You should close this restaurant.

You need to search for another job.

What?

Are you nuts?

Do you know how hard was that

to get a job permission?

I am sorry.

Tell me another.

Why do you fire me?

I don't fire you.

I am going to Shanghai, to Nadine.

- What happens now?

- I am looking for a renter.

Or a manager.

- Why don't you ask me, prick?

- Management?

Do you know What this mean?

This means working.

You didn't want to work, did you?

You wanted to pretend to work? didn't you?

Good morning.

- Are you owner?

- Yes. What's up?

Meyer. Health Department.

- Oh sh*t...

- What?

Come in.

Off, off. This place stinks.

Where is exhauster?

Oh my dear!

This place needs to be a kitchen.

You need to floor tile, not carpet.

Also to the walls.

We don't buy kitchen tools from porcelain seller.

Stainless steel... Steel.

Remove the gas tubes. You need to have

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Fatih Akin

Fatih Akin (Turkish: Fatih Akın, born 25 August 1973) is a German film director, screenwriter and producer. He is of Turkish descent. He has won numerous awards for his films, including the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for his film Head-On (2004), Best Screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival for his film The Edge of Heaven (2007), and the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film for his film In the Fade (2017). more…

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