Fatih Akin

Boston Globe Indie Focus: Fatih Akin's 'Soul Kitchen' Los Angeles Times The director of 'Head-On' and 'The Edge of Heaven' cooks up an acclaimed comedy. Adam Bousdoukos, left, and Moritz Bleibtreu as brothers in a restaurant-set tale. (Corazon International, IFC Films) By Mark Olsen, Special to the Los Angeles Times With ... food, music, sex, love San Francisco Chronicle Movie review: In 'Soul Kitchen,' humor falls flat and drama is overdone Washington Post 'Soul Kitchen' will leave you...Read Full Story

Boston Globe Indie Focus: Fatih Akin's 'Soul Kitchen' Los Angeles Times The director of 'Head-On' and 'The Edge of Heaven' cooks up an acclaimed comedy. Adam Bousdoukos, left, and Moritz Bleibtreu as brothers in a restaurant-set tale. (Corazon International, IFC Films) By Mark Olsen, Special to the Los Angeles Times With ... food, music, sex, love San Francisco Chronicle Movie review: In 'Soul Kitchen,' humor falls flat and drama is overdone Washington Post 'Soul Kitchen' will leave you...Read Full Story

by Gina Doggett VENICE, Italy (AFP) -- Turko-German director Fatih Akin brought humour to the Venice film festival Thursday in "Soul Kitchen," a story of changing fortunes in a Hamburg suburb in the throes of gentrification. Restaurateur Zinos (Adam Bousdoukos) "holds the whole world on his shoulders, but he also plays with the world like a ball, like Charlie Chaplin," Akin said. "It must be something to do with his hair, he's like Samson." The son of Greek parents, Zinos is a long-haired...Read Full Story

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The award-winning director's first comedy centers on the escapades of young owner and his staff as they struggle to make a success of his Hamburg restaurantRead Full Story