A change of pace from flexible director Fatih Akin (Head On, In the Fade), this ensemble comedy is a crowd-pleasing, lively look at the frantic and frenzied reality of running a restaurant. Set in Hamburg, Soul Kitchen is another of Akin’s depictions of modern, multicultural Germany.

Credited with ushering in a new era of multicultural German filmmaking, Fatih Akin’s vital debut is as tonally volatile as a classic Scorsese gangster film. Loving family celebrations are juxtaposed with dangerous underground deeds, weaving a vibrant and complex tapestry of immigrant life in Hamburg