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Akin Cooks Up Some Laughs in the ‘Kitchen’
Kitchen Soul is a Hamburg-set comedy that THR says “centers on a restaurant owner whose life has entered a rough patch.” Not much to go on there. We do know that Akin regular Adam Bousdoukos plays the beleaguered restaurateur with his Head-On co-star also playing a part. German superstar Moritz Bleibtreu (Das Experiment) will play an undisclosed leading role in the film.
Could Fatih Akin be softening up? While not courting
controversy for his political views (and holocaust sugarcoating), the
Turko-German filmmaker is best known for his struggle-obsessed dramas like Solino and The Edge of Heaven. So when news of him taking on a comedy hits one can’t
help but do a double take. So when news hits that the director will be taking
on a comedy for his next project, one can’t help but do a double take. Then
again I had the same reaction when I saw his name pop-up as a contributor in
the upcoming romantic omnibus New
York, I Love You so perhaps I shouldn’t be too
surprised.
Soul Kitchen is a Hamburg-set comedy that THR says ‘centers on a restaurant owner whose
life has entered a rough patch.’ Not much to go on there. We do know that Akin
regular Adam Bousdoukos plays the beleaguered restaurateur with his
Head-On co-star Birol Unel also playing a part. German superstar Moritz Bleibtreu (Das Experiment) will play an
undisclosed leading role in the film. The project is budgeted at $6.3 million
with $1.26 million coming from local subsidy body Filmforderung Hamburg
Schleswig-Holstein.
The Corazon
International production is scheduled to begin lensing in Hamburg this October.
