When Thorkild Bjørnvig's book "The Pact", about his and Blixen's short-lived and turbulent relationship, was published in 1974, it became a literary sensation. The memoir forms the basis for director Bille August's highly anticipated Danish film about Karen Blixen with Birthe Neumann in her first major dramatic film role since The Celebration.

Watch the trailer here: https://youtu.be/qCa5_GEGywg

Thorkild Bjørnvig first met Karen Blixen in 1948 - he was 30, she was 63 - and they formed a special bond. A bond that became a secret pact. Bjørnvig was a young, sensitive and easily influenced poet with a wife and child. Blixen was a woman ahead of her time - strong, composed and deeply fascinating.

About The Pact
Aged 63, Karen Blixen is at the pinnacle of her fame and next in line to win the Nobel Prize for literature. It has been 17 years since she gave up her famous African adventure only to return to Denmark with her life in ruins. Devastated by syphilis and having lost the love of her life she has reinvented herself as a literary sensation. She is an isolated genius, however, until the day she lays eyes on a handsome 30 year old poet. She promises him literary stardom if he in return will obey her unconditionally - even at the cost of him losing everything else in his life. The film is a heart-wrenching story of a sorcerer and her apprentice, about how far you will go for love and art.

Birthe Neumann plays Blixen opposite the new talent Simon Bennebjerg as Bjørnvig. The cast also includes Asta Kamma August, Nanna Skaarup Voss, Anders Heinrichsen and Marie Mondrup. Bille August is directing based on a script by Christian Torpe. Director of photography is Manuel Alberto Claro, sound designer Srdjan Kurpjel, production designer Jette Lehmann, costume designer Anne-Dorthe Eskildsen, composer Frédéric Vercheval, Dennis Knudsen and Susanne Herredsbjerg Søbye are in charge of make-up, while Janus Billeskov Jansen and Anne Østerud have edited the film.

The Pact is produced by SF Studios and MOTOR with producers Jesper Morthorst and Karin Trolle with support from the Danish Film Institute, FilmFyn, TV2 Denmark, Nordic Film & TV Fond and Yle. The film is co-produced with Scope Pictures with support from the Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government via Scope Invest.

SF Studios is distributing the film in the Nordics and REinvent International Sales is handling worldwide sales. The film will premiere in cinemas in Denmark on April 15 followed by a release in the Nordics.

The Pact will be presented as a Work In Progress during the Nordic Film Market/Gothenburg International Film Festival on February 5.

For more information, please contact: 
Camilla Baggesen, Publicity Manager Denmark, SF Studios, +45 20 74 06 50
Malin Strihagen, Vice President Brand & Communications, SF Studios, +46 70 780 39 35

About SF Studios
SF Studios is one of the world’s oldest film companies and celebrated 100 years in 2019. Today SF Studios is the leading film studio in the Nordic region with its headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden and offices in Oslo, Copenhagen, Helsinki and London. The company is producing and distributing feature films and TV series as well as providing the digital services SF Anytime and SF Kids. SF Studios is part of the leading Nordic media company Bonnier.

About MOTOR
MOTOR is founded by producer Jesper Morthorst and writer Christian Torpe, who previously have written and produced the popular TV series Rita, Hjørdis and the critically acclaimed thriller series Deliver Us as well as Bille August's award-winning and acclaimed feature film Silent Heart.

About REinvent Studios
REinvent Studios is a packaging, sales and financing studio all in one. REinvent Studios has extensive knowledge of original trends and sales opportunities in both the Scandinavian and international markets and works with high profile European production companies.