Soul Kitchen
(2009)
★ 6.9 IMDb · 614 votes
Year: 2009
Runtime: 99 мин
Country: France, Germany
Director: Fatih Akin
Cast: Adam Bousdoukos, Мориц Бляйбтрой, Pheline Roggan, Anna Bederke, Birol Ünel, Dorka Gryllus, Вотан Вильке Мёринг, Lucas Gregorowicz, Demir Gökgöl, Cem Akin
Plot
In Hamburg, German-Greek chef Zinos unknowingly disturbs the peace in his locals-only restaurant by hiring a more talented chef.
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?