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Picture Tree International has landed the German blockbuster “Chantal and the Magic Kingdom,” with a Cannes market premiere scheduled (EXCLUSIVE)

The comedy-fantasy smash hit “Chantal and the Magic Kingdom,” from Constantin Film, with Picture Tree Intl. handling international sales. The film will make its Cannes debut.

Since its debut on March 28, the movie has been first in Germany’s box office rankings for four weeks running, with over two million admissions.

The most recent German-language success from producer Lena Schömann and writer-director Bora Dagtekin is called “Chantal.” Together, the three films that the team previously produced—”Turkish for Beginners,” “Fuck You Goehte” series, and the German adaptation of “Perfect Strangers”—have brought in over $300 million globally.

The adored “Fuck You Goehte” character Chantal and her closest friend Zeynep go on a fantastical journey through the realm of fairytales in “Chantal,” which has a humorous and modern take on the genre.

Zeynep and Chantal, an unfollowed influencer, enter the realm of fairy tales by mistakenly believing an old magic mirror to be a social media trick. Chantal is thrilled because she thinks she can create amazing stuff in her role as a princess. Unfortunately, they wind themselves in “Sleeping Beauty” rather than just any fairytale.

Chantal finds that the world of dragons, fairies, and other fairytale figures is quite different from the tales of the Brothers Grimm as she searches for a way home. Aladdin, who has never heard of a flying carpet, the sensitive Prince Bosco, who struggles with identification, the evil witch, who defies all stereotypes, and the princess Amalia, who is by no means interested in being married.

Jella Haase (“Fuck You Goehte” trilogy, “The Goldfish”) and Gizem Emre (“Fuck You Goehte” trilogy, “Biohackers”) portray the two female protagonists.

Max von der Groeben (“Fuck You Goehte” trilogy, “School of Magical Animals”), Mido Kotaini, Maria Ehrich (“Ruby Red” film series, “Prey”), Nora Tschirner (“Rabbit Without Ears,” “Wunderschön”), Frederick Lau (“Das Perfekte Geheimnis,” “The Wave”), Alexandra Maria Lara (“Downfall,” “The Baader Meinhof Complex”), and Cooper Dillon (“The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes”) are also included in the cast.

Elyas M’Barek, star of “Fuck You Goehte,” also makes a special appearance.

Dagtekin wrote and directed “Chantal,” which is produced by Constantin Schömann and creatively produced by Nicole Springstubbe. Executive producers of Constantin are Oliver Berben and Martin Moszkowicz.

The German Federal Film Board (FFA), the German Federal Film Fund (DFFF), the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (MBB), the Czech State Cinematography Fund’s Film Incentive Program, and FilmFernsehFonds Bayern (FFF) all provided assistance for the movie.

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