Johannes Lilleøre, Julie Agnete Vang, Laura Drasbæk and Michael Moritzen also among cast members for INCIDENTS OF INTIMACY directed by Jesper Just.
Jesper Just and Zentropa Entertainments have announced the cast of the second Danish Dogma25-feature film, the drama INCIDENTS OF INTIMACY.
Trine Dyrholm, Christian Slater and Dree Hemingway have been attached in the leading roles. They will be joined by Danish actors Johannes Lilleøre, Julie Agnete Vang, Laura Drasbæk and Michael Moritzen.
Synopsis
A woman unable to acknowledge and access her own feelings constructs intimacy by stealing objects from people instead of getting close to them. After having emotional reactions through the objects, she files them in an archive of intimacy in her cupboard. When a triangular relationship appears, it destabilizes her system, causing emotions to detach from their origins and circulate independently. Gradually, the objects take on a life of their own and the control she’s been holding on to slips through her fingers. Her controlled world is turned into a site of emotional horror as a new reality dawns, created and dominated by autonomous feelings.
Multiple Award-winning Danish actress Trine Dyrholm will take on the role as the intimacy coordinator Linda, who struggles to form intimate connections. Over the course of more than three decades Dyrholm has demonstrated an impressive range and versatility through a wide variety of dramatic roles in feature films with international appeal such as Thomas Vinterberg’s THE CELEBRATION, Susanne Bier’s Academy Award-winning drama IN A BETTER WORLD, Nikolaj Arcel’s A ROYAL AFFAIR, May el-Toukhy’s QUEEN OF HEARTS and in recent years in Magnus von Horn’s THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE and Jeanette Nordahl’s BEGINNINGS.
Dyrholm will star opposite Christian Slater who since his breakthrough in THE NAME OF THE ROSE is featured in iconic international blockbusters such as ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES, INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE and TRUE ROMANCE as well as the titular role in the award-winning series MR. ROBOT which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series. Slater also appeared in a supporting role in Lars von Trier’s NYMPHOMANIAC.
Also attached to INCIDENTS OF INTIMACY is actress Dree Hemingway. Hemingway came to prominence with the leading role in Sean Baker’s STARLET which earned her the Robert Altman Award at the Film Independent Spirit Awards, and is also known for Ryan Murphy’s limited series for FX, LOVE STORY, Noah Baumbach’s WHILE WE’RE YOUNG, Alex Ross Perry's LISTEN UP PHILIP, LOVE AFTER LOVE, and in 2017 she appeared in Michelle Morgan’s IT HAPPENED IN L.A which was selected for Sundance Film Festival.
They will be joined by Johannes Lilleøre (UNIT ONE; BORGEN), Julie Agnete Vang (THE COMMUNE), Laura Drasbæk (THE KILLING) and Michael Moritzen (THE LEGACY; THE KILLING).
INCIDENTS OF INTIMACY is written and directed by artist Jesper Just and will be his first feature film. During the last 20 years Jesper Just has received huge international acclaim for his works of art that explore and deconstruct conventional representations of gender, love, social norms and the body in mainstream cinema. His work has been exhibited around the world, he has represented Denmark at the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013 and has presented solo exhibitions at, among others, Palais de Tokyo (Paris), Den Haag (Haag), Des Moines Art Centre (Des Moines), BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art (Gateshead), ARoS (Aarhus), National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (South Korea), as well as PerForm15 at Times Square (New York).
His works of art can be found at the collections at Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), Guggenheim Museum (New York), Museum of Modern Art (New York), Tate Modern (London), Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma (Helsinki), Musée d'Art Moderne (Luxembourg), Moderna Museet (Stockholm), National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Seoul), Statens Museum for Kunst (Copenhagen), Arken Museum (Ishøj), ARoS (Aarhus), Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (Humlebæk) among others.
Jesper Just has written the script in collaboration with Sissel Dalsgaard Thomsen, who was also the script writer behind Isabella Eklöf’s KALAK and Malene Choi’s THE QUIET MIGRATION.
Dogma25, announced during Cannes Film Festival 2025, is an initiative of director May el-Toukhy who has brought together the directors Milad Alami, Annika Berg, Isabella Eklöf and Jesper Just. The five filmmakers unite in an artistic collective based on a shared manifesto and a new vow of chastity comprising ten new dogmas to protect the artistic integrity of feature film and create space for uncompromising cinematic storytelling. All five feature films will be produced by Zentropa.
The Danish Dogma25 projects are financed in a collaboration between Zentropa, DR, and Nordisk Film Distribution, with the addition of Netflix in the Nordics, constituting the core financing necessary to realize all five projects.
Additionally, Jesper Just’s INCIDENTS OF INTIMACY is produced with support from the Danish Film Institute, The Eastern Denmark Film Fund and Nordisk Film & TV Fond.
The Dogma25 films are distributed by Nordisk Film Distribution and subsequently on Netflix in the Nordics and DR. TrustNordisk handles international sales.
INCIDENTS OF INTIMACY is expected to have its theatrical release in 2027.
Read the Dogma25 Manifesto and Vow of Chastity here.