Soul Kitchen
2009
· Movie
· 96 min
B
MEANRANK
71/100
Every rating
58–77
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 58, highest is Metacritic users on 77.
See the most agreed on films →The hapless owner of a struggling neighborhood restaurant in Hamburg faces a series of disasters. His girlfriend moves away, his bad back flares up, and his unreliable brother is released from prison. When a slick new chef revolutionizes his menu, the restaurant becomes a trendy hotspot, but the success threatens to ruin everything he originally loved about the place.
Details
- Director
- Fatih Akin
- Writers
- Adam Bousdoukos, Fatih Akin
- Released
- 9 September 2009
- Country
- France, Germany, Italy
- Language
- German, Greek, Spanish, Turkish, English
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $4.0M
- Box office
- $18.2M
- Awards
- 1 win, 6 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 7 →1 major award won · 1 win from 7 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival 2009 | Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival | Winner | |
| 23rd European Film Awards 2010 | Best European Film | Adam Bousdoukos | Nominee |
| 23rd European Film Awards 2010 | Best European Film | Fatih Akin | Nominee |
| 23rd European Film Awards 2010 | Best European Film | Klaus Maeck | Nominee |
| 23rd European Film Awards 2010 | Best Film | Adam Bousdoukos | Nominee |
| 23rd European Film Awards 2010 | Best Film | Fatih Akin | Nominee |
| 23rd European Film Awards 2010 | Best Film | Klaus Maeck | Nominee |
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Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival | Winner |
23rd European Film Awards
6 nominations
| Best European Film | Adam Bousdoukos | Nominee |
| Best European Film | Fatih Akin | Nominee |
| Best European Film | Klaus Maeck | Nominee |
| Best Film | Adam Bousdoukos | Nominee |
| Best Film | Fatih Akin | Nominee |
| Best Film | Klaus Maeck | Nominee |