EXCLUSIVE: Production is underway on the Danish island of Funen on Girl Beast with a cast of Danish stars including Trine Dyrholm.

Girl Beast is the debut feature of Danish filmmaker Selma Sunniva, adapted from Cecilie Lind’s 2022 novel of the same name by Sunniva and Sissel Dalsgaard Thomsen. The psychological drama explores how childhood trauma and dysfunctional relationships shape identity and sexuality in the teenage years of a young girl called Sara.

Newcomer Rebecca Ellen plays the lead role, having been discovered following a casting search of 300 young women. Joining Ellen on the cast are Melina Raja, The Girl With The Needle actress Dyrholm, Morten Burian, Thure Lindhardt, Speak No Evil writer-director Christian Tafdrup, Nanna Skaarup Voss and Josephine Park.

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