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The Girl With The Needle

Dir. Magnus von Horn
Constellation
Sat 9 Nov - Wed 13 Nov
Sat 9 Nov
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Wed 13 Nov
  • Sat 9 Nov
    20:30 - 22:25
    Vue in the Light, Leeds
    Screen 12
    Past event
  • Mon 11 Nov
    20:30 - 22:25
    Vue in the Light, Leeds
    Screen 12
    Past event
  • Wed 13 Nov
    19:30 - 21:25
    Cottage Road Cinema, Leeds
    Screen 1
    Past event

In this gripping and chilling drama set in Copenhagen soon after World War I, a young seamstress makes a fateful connection with one of the era’s most infamous figures.

Inspired by the horrific true crime story of baby murders in 1920s Denmark, Magnus Von Horn’s The Girl with the Needle follows Karoline (Vic Carmen Sonne), a young seamstress struggling for survival in Copenhagen post-WWI. When she becomes pregnant, she meets Dagmar (Trine Dyrholm), who runs a clandestine adoption agency, and Karoline takes a job as a wet-nurse. Filmed in stark black-and-white and with haunting period settings, The Girl with a Needle is a chilling and gripping drama that immerses you in a historic nightmare.

“Extraordinary and upsetting... an adult fairytale abundantly populated with witches and wretches, but where society is revealed as the true monster.” – Guy Lodge, Variety

 

Content Guidance


Contains violence, depiction of violence towards babies, substance use.

 

The Girl With The Needle

Director: Magnus von Horn
Running time: 115 minutes
Production year: 2024
Country: Denmark, Poland, Sweden
Language: Danish
Subtitles: English subtitles
UK distributor: MUBI
Cast: Vic Carmen Sonne, Trine Dyrholm

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Constellation

Constellation is the new name for our main programme section where we preview many of the most talked about films of the year and present UK Premieres of films from exciting new filmmakers in our feature film competition.