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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 form an unexpected bond, until a sudden discovery 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 Michał Dymek, and a spellbinding score by Frederikke Hoffmeier (Puce Mary).

2024 · 2h 3m
Director Magnus von Horn

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The Girl with the Needle

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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 form an unexpected bond, until a sudden discovery 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 Michał Dymek, and a spellbinding score by Frederikke Hoffmeier (Puce Mary).

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Average 7.9
Reviews 111
Fresh 102
Rotten 9

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Studio
MUBI
Released
2024
Run Time
2 hr 3 min
Rated
Unrated
Regions of Origin
Denmark, Belgium, Poland, France, Sweden
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Original Audio
Danish
Audio

Danish (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC), French (France) , German , Italian , Portuguese , Spanish (Latin America) , Turkish

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.