The Girl with the Needle (2024)

Original title

Pigen med nålen

Directed by

Magnus von Horn

Genre

drama film

Country

Denmark

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

16

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 367 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1919 Copenhagen, a young woman becomes a wet nurse at a secret adoption agency. She starts to suspect that the woman running it is involved in something sinister.

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What happens

The Girl with the Needle (Danish: Pigen med nålen) is a 2024 Gothic historical psychological horror film directed by Magnus von Horn, from a screenplay written by von Horn and Line Langebek. Set in 1919, the film stars Vic Carmen Sonne as a young woman who begins working as a wet nurse at a secretive adoption agency for disadvantaged mothers, but grows suspicious over the woman who runs the operation. It is very loosely based on the true story of Danish serial killer Dagmar Overbye. The film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, where it premiered on 15 May 2024 to critical acclaim. It was named one of the top 5 international films of 2024 by the National Board of Review. It was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards and for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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