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A standout selection from the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE is a dark fairy tale about one woman's search for tenderness and morality in a cruel world. Both eerie and exquisite, writer-director Magnus von Horn's latest film tracks young factory worker Karoline as she struggles to survive in post-WWI Copenhagen. When she ends up unemployed, abandoned and pregnant, the charismatic Dagmar takes her in to help run an underground adoption agency for unwanted children. The two women form an unexpected bond, until a sudden revelation changes everything.
Based on a chilling true story, THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE presents a masterful gothic vision with profound contemporary resonance. Denmark's Best International Feature Film entry to the 97th Academy Awards® also features EFA-nominated performances from Vic Carmen Sonne and Trine Dyrholm, gorgeous cinematography by EO's Michal Dymek, and a spellbinding score by Frederikke Hoffmeier (Puce Mary).

Score: 3.8
92%
"Threading its grim tale through sumptuous
black-and-white photography, The Girl with the Needle is a haunting parable
made with superb craft."
Rotten Tomatoes
"The Girl with The Needle is a harrowing drama based
on real-life crimes that took place in Copenhagen around 1920. Directed by
Magnus von Horn, the film is beautiful to look at but difficult to watch — this
is dark, gripping, Bergman-esque fare."
Original-Cin
"The extremity of suffering on display here makes
for difficult viewing, scarcely leavened by the expressionistic beauty of its
presentation. But von Horn’s film never plays as empty miserablism, in large
part thanks to its grave understanding of the moral and spiritual reasoning
behind unimaginable acts of violence."
Variety
"The film is a harrowing and eerie horror fairy tale
from another time, even as it feels startlingly fresh and always unpredictable."
Los
Angeles Times
"The haunting atmosphere of The Girl with the Needle
lies in equal measure with the acting masterclass that serves as the film’s
primary source of fuel."
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