Inspired by a true story, The Girl with the Needle draws from one of the most heinous murder cases in Danish history. MUBI has unveiled an official trailer that introduces the grim tale, told in stunning Gothic style.
The Girl with the Needle releases in theaters on December 6, 2024.
The film “follows Karoline (Vic Carmen Sonne, Azrael), a young factory worker, as she is struggling to survive in post WW1 Copenhagen. When she finds herself unemployed, abandoned and pregnant, she meets Dagmar (Trine Dyrholm), a charismatic woman running an underground adoption agency, helping mothers to find foster homes for their unwanted children. With nowhere else to turn, Karoline takes on the role of a wet nurse. A strong connection is formed between the two women, but Karoline’s world shatters when she stumbles upon the shocking truth behind her work.”
Magnus von Horn (The Here After, Sweat) directs The Girl with the Needle from a script he co-wrote with Line Langebeck.
The gothic genre-bender most recently won European Film Awards for best production design for Jagna Dobesz and best original score for Frederikke Hoffmeier (Puce Mary), with cinematography by Michael Dymek (A Real Pain, EO). Moreover, the film is the official Danish entry for Best International Feature at the 97th Academy Awards.
I wrote in my TIFF review, “Realism meets nightmare expressionism in The Girl with the Needle, a stunning biopic that dabbles with horror and horror techniques to present a grim yet timely tale of society’s discarded and the disturbing lengths they’re forced to undergo to cope and survive. There’s a tremendous empathy for the downtrodden, with so much backstory building to the fateful connection between broken women that its length is felt. The second act is prone to drag. But it’s less a serial killer biopic and more of a haunting, perceptive portrait of reality, told with exquisite form.”
Watch the new trailer below.
