Forward of Cannes market, Scandinavia’s main gross sales agent TrustNordisk has launched a contemporary nonetheless from Pernille Fischer Christensen’s drama “Unraveled” (“Vores Løfte”) which simply wrapped filming for Nordisk Movie Manufacturing Denmark.

A Berlinale common, from her 2006 breakthrough prize-winning debut “A Cleaning soap” to the Astrid Lindgren biopic “Turning into Astrid” (2018), picked up by Music Field for the U.S., Christensen’s “Unraveled” marks her anticipated return to the silver display screen after her TV drama immersion that notably took in co-directing DR’s acclaimed “Cry Wolf.”

The upcoming Danish pic stars Danica Curcic (“The Chestnut Man,” “Out Stealing Horses”) as Maria, a former elite swimmer and well-known sports activities commentator whose life unravels when her beloved husband Mikael (Lars Ranthe from “One other Spherical”), her former coach and father of their daughter, is all of the sudden suspected of sexual abuse. Sparking the scandal and media curiosity is the revelation in an upcoming e-book, of a younger woman’s misguided infatuation for her swimming coach, with rumors suggesting that Mikael is the person in query.

What fuelled Christensen’s curiosity for the topic just a few years again, was #MeToo, “one of the best issues that ever occurred to us ladies since free abortion and our proper to vote” says Christensen. “However, I’m additionally an individual with quite a bit of empathy, so I began to marvel how it will really feel for the person accused of sexual harassment, what it will be wish to be his spouse and youngsters.”

For the director who’s typically put household on the core of her work, her sixth function is at the beginning “a drama a few lady who’s compelled to re-examine her marriage, the deep love for her husband, as she tries to maintain collectively her household and shield her daughter from the media frenzy that arises,” explains the helmer who for the primary time penned her script absolutely on her personal, with out co-writer Kim Fupz Aakeson. 

“As a result of of the subject material, which offers with a lady reflecting on her couple, on herself and regaining management of her narrative, I felt I needed to take full management over the fabric.” As Christensen tells Selection, key components that helped her construct and refine the script have been thorough analysis, interviews with males who had been accused of sexual harassment and their households, and discussions with the important thing forged to seize the authenticity of their efficiency. 

Christensen mentioned she is presently fine-tuning the tone and “thriller-ish” aspect across the sexual allegations – with editor My Thordal (“Households Like Ours,” “The Kingdom”), actress-turned composer Rebekka Karijord (“Songs of Earth,” “All of the Outdated Knives”) and cinematographer Joe Maples (“Blackwater,” “The Hunt for a Killer”).

TrustNordisk’s managing director Susan Wendt mentioned: “The movie touches on a spread of topics via a single storyline, telling a gripping and emotional but in addition common and well timed story. ‘Unraveled’ is a really character-driven movie, which is one of Pernille’s huge strengths and I’m positive that she with this movie as soon as once more will captivate audiences all over the world.”

The pic, produced by Mette Høst Hansen & Tomas Radoor for Nordisk Movie Manufacturing, is ready to launch in Denmark in spring 2026.

For Cannes, TrustNordisk’s sturdy slate additionally takes in Anders Thomas Jensen’s highly-anticipated “The Final Viking” starring Mads Mikkelsen, with contemporary scenes to be unveiled at a promo-reel presentation, with half a dozen upcoming titles. Two movies will display screen on the market: the Swiss-German hospital drama “Late Shift,” which collected strong evaluations on the again of its Berlinale Particular Gala presentation and Norwegian doc function and sequence “Fighter,” showcased at CPH:DOX and Collection Mania.

Commenting on the state of the market forward of Cannes kick off, seasoned gross sales agent Wendt mentioned: “It’s laborious to say what the market will likely be like. The patrons are absolutely extra selective and cautious, however in case you have the fitting tasks, they’re nonetheless there, paying good costs. The query is all the time what they’re searching for. However TrustNordisk involves Cannes with a variety of thrilling new tasks and a really numerous line-up with options and sequence from each new and established filmmakers starting from main dramas, crime, feel-good dramedies to monster motion and animation and we stay up for presenting all of them to the worldwide market.”