London Premiere: Loosely based on fact, Magnus van Horn’s fictionalised true crime nightmare will leave you with a shiver of pure fear. The film was screened in competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and will be released on January 10, 2025 in the UK.
Karoline, a young factory worker, finds herself abandoned and pregnant while striving to climb out of poverty in post WW1 Copenhagen. Amidst her struggles, she meets Dagmar, a charismatic woman running a hidden adoption agency within a candy store, helping poor mothers in finding foster homes for their unwanted children. To escape poverty, Karoline takes on the role of a wet-nurse. A strong connection is formed between the two women, yet Karoline’s world shatters as she stumbles upon the dreadful revelation of the nightmarish fate she unknowingly embraces. The Girl with the Needle is a fairytale about a horrible truth.
