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Kaboul Kitchen - Season 3
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Title: Kaboul Kitchen

Overview: 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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Cast

  • Michel Caulaincourt: Stéphane De Groodt
  • Sophie: Stéphanie Pasterkamp
  • Axel: Benjamin Bellecour
  • Damien: Alexis Michalik
  • Victor: Marc Citti
  • Colonel Amanullah: Simon Abkarian
  • Habib: Fayçal Azizi
  • Paul Braque: Louis-Do de Lencquesaing
  • Sayed: Brahim Bihi
  • Pissenlit: Lina El Arabi
  • Kaboul Kitchen - I'm Jacky (Season 3 - Episode 1)

    Sophie has been running Kabul Kitchen on her own since she believes her father died fleeing Kabul. When the police call her to tell her that they have arrested her father, Sophie fails to fail. At the police station, however, it is not Jacky that she discovers, but Michel, a small worldly crook who becomes encrusted in Kabul Kitchen. Amanullah comes out of prison, ruined. He had time to think in his cell. And he has a big project for his country...

    Kaboul Kitchen - Russians and roses (Season 3 - Episode 2)

    Michel receives a visit from patibular Russians: he owes them a colossal sum of money. Accused, Michel offers his services to Victor, in charge of the humanitarian program "Roses against Opium", in the hope of discreetly diverting funds. Amanullah gathers his children to announce his great project: he will be the next president of Afghanistan! Lala collapsed. Axel meets Jamal, the colonel's disabled son and the naughty duckling of the brood.

    Kaboul Kitchen - Colonel Cash Cash (Season 3 - Episode 3)

    Michel convinces Amanullah to get involved in the rose program: it's good for the image of the future president. Jamal, Amanullah's disabled son, takes over the heads of the rose perfume labs. Damien learns that Sophie is pregnant, which doesn't really please him as he embarks on his new business: an extreme bus for thrill-seeking tourists. Lala, determined to keep the family tradition alive, began to traffic in arms.

    Kaboul Kitchen - Chicks and men (Season 3 - Episode 4)

    The humanitarian program is stalling. Michel has a bright idea: we must organize an "Afghanton" for the benefit of drug victims. For the com', Amanullah will burn his opium production live. Habib, propelled on stage against his will, sings and makes a hit. A true Machiavelli, Amanullah's son reveals his true face.

    Kaboul Kitchen - The nose (Season 3 - Episode 5)

    Michel brings from France a world-famous nose, an old friend whom Amanullah will fall madly in love with. Michel discovers Jamal's true designs: the perfume lab financed by Europe is actually a heroin lab. To please Sophie, Damien agreed to let Lala accompany her on her excursions; but Lala secretly uses her expat bus to pass the roadblocks and ferry her weapons.

    Kaboul Kitchen - Bamboo Shot (Season 3 - Episode 6)

    The NGO "The Bamboo's Solution", supported by Angelina Jolie, is likely to win grants at the expense of the rose programme. Michel uses all his talents to convince the representative of the European Commission to support the roses, in vain. The Russian mobsters lend a hand to Michel: they eliminate the European official. Lala's arms trade is uncovered. Damien understands that he was fooled. Jamal, the unloved son of the Amanullah clan, takes power. The colonel is thrown out into the street.

    Kaboul Kitchen - The speech at the UN (Season 3 - Episode 7)

    Amanullah is invited to give a speech at the UN. Since burning his opium in front of the cameras, the repentant drug trafficker has been a star. Problem: Amanullah has been depressed at Kabul Kitchen since he was kicked out of his palace by his son. Habib, pushed by Michel who sees it as a possible source of income, joins the cast of the "Afghan Star", the "New Star" Afghan version. There he meets Pissenlit, an attractive competitor. It's love at first sight. Problem: The girl's father is a fearsome warlord.

    Kaboul Kitchen - Afghan therapy (Season 3 - Episode 8)

    Amanullah leaves Kabul, covered in shame after crying in front of the world's cameras at the UN. He takes refuge in the Mountains of Logar, at the home of Monadjat, a "war lady", a long-time friend. Axel, against Lala's advice, decides to adopt Aklamash, a 12-year-old orphan who has been following him everywhere since they met. As for Michel, he was arrested by the anti-drug squad which forced him to work together to bring down Jamal's business. For Michel, it's an opportunity to get rid of the Russians by making them take the blame.

    Kaboul Kitchen - Afghan-led robbery (Season 3 - Episode 9)

    Amanullah discovers that his son Jamal is about to sell his drug to Russians. That's one too many for the colonel. He takes Michel on board to storm the heroin convoy and destroy it. Damien decided to leave Kabul without telling Sophie, who is due to give birth shortly. But on the way to the airport, Axel needs him: Lala is in danger. They all end up at the place of the deal with the Russians. But they don't know that Michel has made a deal with the police, and nothing goes according to plan... Meanwhile, Habib, threatened by Pissenlit's father, flees with his dulcinea.

    Kaboul Kitchen - Sophie's choice (Season 3 - Episode 10)

    The Russians force Sophie to hand Michel over to them against Damien's release. Amanullah and Lala, deprived of the army, steal a stockpile of weapons and a mysterious safe. Victor finds himself with an international arrest warrant on his back; Jamal's heroin trafficking fell on him. Amanullah learns that Sophie and Michel are in mortal danger. The whole little "family" of Kabul Kitchen board Damien's bus to fly to their rescue.

    Kaboul Kitchen - So spoke Amanullah (Season 3 - Episode 11)

    The stolen safe contains a large amount of enriched liquid uranium. If they want to sell this precious cargo and pocket $100 million, they have to go to Kandahar. The epic continues towards the mountains. So here they are not only pursued by the Russians who want Michel back, but also by Yazad who wants his safe back, and by Pissenlit's father who wants his daughter back. Suddenly, Sophie has her first contractions... The bus must stop again.

    Kaboul Kitchen - Valiant Michel (Season 3 - Episode 12)

    Sophie gives birth, with the help of Michel. But the Russians caught up with the bus. Michel, the one responsible for all their problems, sacrifices himself. The Russians are recovering the uranium and Michel. The latter owes his salvation to providence... and his talent. Back in Kabul, nothing will be the way it used to be: Sophie realizes that Afghanistan is not a country to raise a child, she leaves Kabul with her daughter. Damien himself, stays, preferring the party to his new responsibilities. Sophie entrusts the Kabul Kitchen to Michel. Axel and Lala split up. As for the colonel, he embarked on the presidential campaign.

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