The most beautiful girl in the world

Movie
Original title	The most beautiful girl in the world
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	2018
length	102 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Aron Lehmann
script	Judy Horney , ; Lars Kraume
production	Peter Eiff , ; Theodor Gringel , ; Timm Oberwelland , ; Sebastian Zühr
music	Robin Haefs , ; Djorkaeff , ; Boris Bojadzhiev
camera	Andreas Berger
cut	Ana de Mier y Ortuño
occupation
	Aaron Hilmer : Cyril; Damian Hardung : Rick; Luna Wedler : Roxy; Jonas Ems : Benno; Heike Makatsch : Mrs. Reimann (teacher); Anke Engelke : Cyril's mother; Golo Euler : Marc; Sinje Irslinger : Lissi; Marko Dyrlich : Houssam; Julia Beautx : Titti; Heiko Pinkowski : Bernd; Johannes Allmayer : Mr. Schüssler; Alexander Czerwinski : Gorilla; Frank Kessler : Raini; Marian Meder : Ben; Jan Messutat : Frank; Thorsten Merten : taxi driver;

The most beautiful girl in the world is a romantic German musical comedy by director Aron Lehmann , which was released in German cinemas on September 6, 2018. The premiere took place on June 29, 2018 at the Munich Film Festival . In the plot, the verse drama Cyrano de Bergerac is carried over to the present day.

action

During a class trip to Berlin, the rebellious Roxane (Roxy), who has just been expelled from an English boarding school, befriends the intelligent and eloquent outsider Cyril, who is mocked and bullied by the other students because of his big nose . Cyril, who is a talented rapper and always appears in rap competitions wearing only a gold-colored face mask, immediately falls in love with Roxy. But he doesn't dare to confess his love to her because he's too shy. By chance, Roxy sees the golden mask of Cyril on the visually attractive, but intellectually unsuitable Rick and believes that Rick is the rapper with the gold mask, who she saw at a rap competition. She then begins to be interested in Rick, who does not manage to have a normal conversation with Roxy.

The wealthy ripper Benno bets a classmate for a sum of money that he will get Roxy to bed, and wants to film Roxy and then publish the video on the Internet. Cyril wants to prevent this. To protect Roxy from Benno, he sends her love poems under Rick's identity via WhatsApp and helps Rick win Roxy's heart. At the same time Benno tries to get closer to Roxy. As in the historical novel, chaotic situations develop. When Benno does not shrink from trying to make Roxy submissive in a Berlin discotheque with a drug mixed in a beer, which fails, however, a fight breaks out in the discotheque. Benno breaks Rick's nose, so he has to be taken to a hospital, and Roxy bruises in both eyes. After returning from the class trip, there is an argument between Cyril and Benno at school, in which Cyril rapes Benno in front of the entire class and Roxy realizes that Cyril must be the rapper with the mask. In the final scene, Roxy and Cyril compete against each other in a rap competition. Cyril takes off his mask and both of them rap and confess their love for each other.

production

The film received project funding of 544,000 euros from the German Film Fund, 400,000 euros from the Film Funding Agency and 300,000 euros from Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg. The Filmförderungsanstalt and the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg also granted media and distribution grants totaling more than 800,000 euros.

Directed by Aron Lehmann . The script was written by Judy Horney and Lars Kraume . The film music was composed by Boris Bojadzhiev , with whom Lehmann already worked for his last film The Last Pig .

The shooting took place from October 5th to November 24th 2017 in Berlin. Andreas Berger acted as cameraman .

The film was released in German cinemas on September 6, 2018 and was also shown at the Leipzig Film Art Fair.

reception

Age rating

In Germany it was approved by the FSK from the age of 12, but allowed from the age of 6 if accompanied by the parents. The statement of reasons for release states: “Children from the age of 12 are able to understand the topics of the film (especially the bullying issue) and to deal with them appropriately. The sometimes crude language as well as some dramatic scenes are within a framework that does not overwhelm or impair viewers from the age of 12. The romantic framework as well as numerous song and dance sequences that seem almost magical, also offer ample opportunity for relief. "

Reviews and grossing results

Margret Köhler from the Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung describes The Most Beautiful Girl in the World as a touching romantic comedy that takes its young audience seriously. Aron Lehmann has the right instinct and has found the right scriptwriters in Lars Kraume and Judy Horny . They rely on hard hip-hop beats, fast-paced sayings and young, talented actors who throw themselves into the roles with verve, send their love messages via crisp WhatsApp messages, charm them with the word dynamics of rap music instead of minnesong, according to Köhler : "When Cyril appears in battle rap with a golden mask out of fear of new malice, stirs up the hip-hop scene as a stranger and disappears after the victory, you sense his tremendous strength and creativity, but also deep vulnerability." In contrast to In other teen films for the cinema-savvy target group, the director avoids the often usual voyeuristic tracking shots over well-formed body curves, says Köhler. The pivotal point of the film, however, is the music, and the music producer Konstantin "Djorkaeff" Scherer and the songwriter Robin Haefs did a great job with romantic and hard lyrics that touch audiences beyond the young target audience, according to the film critic. The encouraging and clear message of the film is “don't care about external appearances, be yourself”, which is not only good for young people, according to Köhler.

The German Film and Media Review Sided The most beautiful girl in the world with the predicate particularly valuable . In the jury's statement, it is said that the story of the French cadet Cyrano de Bergerac , who goes to war, is transplanted to a German school, is only consistent, because the students win and lose their battles in the classroom today: " The film credibly hits the tone that prevails among young people. It is also very pleasant that here the teachers and parents are not drawn as caricatures, as is very often the case, who have never sent an email and are otherwise hopelessly inferior to the young people. "

In Germany the film had around 529,000 admissions.

Use in school lessons

The online portal kinofenster.de recommends The Most Beautiful Girl in the World for the subjects German , Ethics , French and Music and offers materials for the film for the classroom. In spring 2019, the film was presented as part of the SchulKinoWochen in Baden-Württemberg, North Rhine-Westphalia and Bavaria.