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, it is currently nominated for a Golden Globe Award (in the same category). Featuring gorgeous cinematography by EO‘s Michał Dymek and a spellbinding score by Frederikke Hoffmeier (Puce Mary). With Vic Carmen Sonne, Trine Dyrholm, Besir Zeciri.

“‘The Girl With the Needle’ is most intriguing when it lingers in its disturbing fictions, which come to life with exceptional style.” (New York Times)

“… a terrifying story of womanhood that needn’t involve itself with the supernatural or your traditional serial killer to convey horror.” (Collider)

“Shot in black and white with plentiful shades of grey, ‘The Girl With The Needle’ has about it something of the darkness of European films of that era, such as the early work of Fritz Lang.” (Eye For Film)

“A harrowing and eerie horror fairy tale from another time, even as it feels startlingly fresh and always unpredictable.” (Los Angeles Times)

Thursday, December 26
Doors 3:45 pm | Movie 4:15 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
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Saturday, December 28
Doors 7:15 pm | Movie 7:45 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
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THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE “Pigen med nålen” (Magnus von Horn, 2024 / 122 mins / In Danish w/EST) Struggling to survive in post-WWI Copenhagen, a newly unemployed and pregnant young woman is taken in by a charismatic elder to help run an underground adoption agency. The two form an unexpected bond, until a sudden discovery changes everything.

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