Lars von Trier appears to have played a mean practical joke on the cast of his new movie Nymphomaniac and pictured them all on what looks to be strenuous toilet excursions. Worse, he has used said pics on character posters to promote the erotic but tasteful (serious actors don't do porn!) new flick. Wait, what's that - they actually posed for the photos? They are all supposed to be mid-orgasm? Oh.

The fourteen posters feature members of the ensemble cast including Shia LaBeouf, Uma Thurman, Jamie Bell, Christian Slater and Charlotte Gainsbourg looking sweaty and somewhat uncomfortable, many with their mouths open. I guess they are supposed to drive home the fact that the movie is going to be really, really sexy and dirty (but tasteful, don't forget tasteful) and that all of the characters enjoy a good old romp or two from time to time.

Nymphomaniac, a story about a self-diagnosed, eh, nymphomaniac who recounts her sexual history to a guy who finds her half-dead in an alley, has been one of the most talked about films of the last couple of years due to gleeful whispers about unsimulated sex scenes. Don't expect to see your favourite stars actually get it on though - the actors were shot only pretending to have sex and doubles were used to really do the deed. The two will be digitally imposed in post-production. Best day of work ever for the editing guys!

The film will premiere in Copenhagan this December with a release in Ireland expected soon after.

For a sneaky look at the entire collection, have a gander down below (No pun intended).