P. is a little girl's imaginary friend who lives inside the wall of her room. But one day he magically materialises and so must learn to live in the world like everyone else - a world where he is met with suspicion and hate but also with wonder and love.
Acting
Nikolaj Lie Kaas plays P. like a wounded animal learning shame.
Direction
Dogme 95 rules make the magical premise feel dangerously real.
Writing
The script never flinches from how badly humans treat strangers.
Director
Åke Sandgren
Nikolaj Lie Kaas
P
Peter Mygind
Walther
Susan A. Olsen
Charlotte
Troels II Munk
Stromboli
Line Kruse
Tanja
Klaus Bondam
Ulrik
Charlotte Munksgaard
Molly
Oliver Zahle
Benny
Søren Hauch-Fausbøll
Kjeldsen
Peter Belli
Sedergren
Anne Oppenhagen Pagh
Secretary
Henrik Birch
Police Officer
Mogens Holm
Lifeguard
Søren Sætter-Lassen
Lifeguard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dogme 95's 'Vow of Chastity' banned props, sets, and genre comfort—making a fantasy about an imaginary friend feel like documentary footage of cruelty.
Nikolaj Lie Kaas spent hours practicing movement without blinking; director Åke Sandgren wanted P. to seem not quite animal, not quite human.
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