Kaboul Kitchen
series not in production
Ended
Comedy
Seasons | 3
Episodes | 36
avg.Runtime | 30 min
First EP | 2012-02-13
Last EP | 2017-03-20
Overview
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Kaboul Kitchen is a French comedy television series broadcast by Canal+. It was created by Marc Victor, Allan Mauduit and Jean-Patrick Benes. The series is based on the true story of Radio France Internationale journalist Marc Victor, who ran a restaurant for French expatriates in Kabul until 2008. The first series premiered on February 15, 2012 on Canal+ and ended on March 5, 2012. It set a ratings record for comedy series in the primetime slot on Canal+. A second series, which will have 12 episodes, has been commissioned. The series depicts the life of French expatriate Jacky who runs the popular restaurant Kaboul Kitchen in Kabul, Afghanistan. His daughter Sophie, who he has not seen in 20 years, arrives to do humanitarian work, while he is interested only in making money. The series won two Golden FIPA Awards at the 2012 Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels: one for Best TV Series and one for Best TV Screenplay. It was screened at MIPTV and named fourth on The Hollywood Reporter's list of "MIPTV A-List Projects" for the most promising series screened at the event.
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Season List
season 1 || Season 1
Relesed on | 2012-02-13
1
The Girl with the Big Suitcase
2012-02-13
Jacky's daughter arrives in Kaboul. She wants to do humanitarian work, but he wants her back on the plane...
2
The Swimming Pool
2012-02-13
Jacky's fundamentalist neighbour is outraged by what's going on at the Kabul Kitchen and gets him embroiled in a long argument with the Afghan authorities. Sophie plans to open a school for girls.
3
The Panther & the Printer
2012-02-13
Jacky's having trouble sourcing alcohol. Relations with his regular suppliers are rather tense and he has serious doubts about the seemingly easy solution that Colonel Amanullah offers by way of help.
4
Dollars and Passion
2012-02-20
When Jacky is seduced by a customer, it may have serious financial consequences for the restaurant. Sophie contacts election candidate Hamida about opening her girls' school in a poor neighbourhood.
5
Fear in Kaboul
2012-02-20
When rockets hit Kabul and the restaurant is UN blacklisted, profits take a hit so Jacky hires some mercenaries. What could possibly go wrong? Sophie wants Axel's help with the girls' school campaign.
6
Vice and Verses
2012-02-20
Colonel Amanullah asks Jacky to hide his mistress Djamila when she is discovered by his wives, but Sophie objects to Djamila's confinement in her room. Then Jacky finds himself arrested for procuring.
7
Sophie's Departure
2012-02-27
Sophie wants to return to France after the opening of her girls' school gets no publicity and few pupils turn up. Jacky fears he has cancer, but is hesitant about being treated in an Afghan hospital.
8
White Lies Between Friends
2012-02-27
Amanullah is inspired to improve his media profile when BBC reporter Nigel, an associate of Jacky, turns up. But Jacky doesn't want a journalist uncovering his connection to the drug lord colonel.
9
Martine in Kaboul
2012-02-27
Outraged by Nigel's report, in which Jacky's lifestyle is exposed, Sophie's mother Martine rushes to Kabul to ask for the child support she never received and hires an Afghan lawyer to represent her.
10
Crisis of Faith
2012-03-05
When the daughter of Hakim, Kabul Kitchen's cook, leaves the country with help from a German NGO, he turns to religion and coaxes his workmates to adhere to strict Muslim precepts, threatening profits.
11
Cool in Kaboul
2012-03-05
On election day, Jacky threatens Amanullah over the Halli brothers' deaths. Sophie is delighted to get a job at Kabul's new humanitarian association. Westerners are threatened as riots shake the city.
12
Not Cool in Kaboul
2012-03-05
Jacky manages to get his customers evacuated from the bar - after they've paid, of course. Amanullah and Axel try to find Sophie, who's been kidnapped. Damien wants to send the riot photos to France.
CAST
charactor: Sophie
Original: Stéphanie Pasterkamp
Total EP: 36
charactor: Axel
Original: Benjamin Bellecour
Total EP: 36
charactor: Damien
Original: Alexis Michalik
Total EP: 36
charactor: Victor
Original: Marc Citti
Total EP: 36
charactor: Colonel Amanullah
Original: Simon Abkarian
Total EP: 36
charactor: Habib
Original: Fayçal Azizi
Total EP: 36
charactor: Paul Braque
Original: Louis-Do de Lencquesaing
Total EP: 36
charactor: Sayed
Original: Brahim Bihi
Total EP: 36
charactor: Jacky Robert
Original: Gilbert Melki
Total EP: 24
charactor: Michel Caulaincourt
Original: Stéphane De Groodt
Total EP: 12
charactor: Hamida
Original: Nadia Niazi
Total EP: 12
charactor: Camille
Original: Fanny Touron
Total EP: 12
charactor: Carl
Original: Jonas Senhadji
Total EP: 12
charactor: Lala Amanullah
Original: Karina Testa
Total EP: 12
charactor: Mahmoud Nadir
Original: Khalid Maadour
Total EP: 12
charactor: Lieutenant Caroline Gabrielle
Original: Anne Azoulay
Total EP: 12
charactor: Harvey Stein
Original: David Gasman
Total EP: 12
charactor: Helen
Original: Catherine Zavlav
Total EP: 12
charactor: Pissenlit
Original: Lina El Arabi
Total EP: 12
charactor: Rosemary
Original: Lucia Sanchez
Total EP: 12
charactor: Nigel, journaliste
Original: Peter Hudson
Total EP: 1
CREW
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