The Girl With the Needle

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TIFF65: Greek Premiere
Shortly before the end of World War I, Karoline is trying to get by in a gothic-like nightmarish Denmark that seems to be the most hostile place in the world for a woman who is no longer awaiting for her husband’s return from the frontlines; a woman who cannot afford to pay rent; a woman who finds relief in the arms of her boss only to be kicked to the curb later on, ending up homeless, unemployed, and pregnant, a soldier fighting her own “great war” – one every bit as brutal as the one unfolding between the most powerful nations. An encounter with a woman who will aid her in finding a foster family for her baby will be the turning point. With the determined Dagmar by her side, Karoline will discover a family, a mother, a partner and primarily, the female solidarity that will empower her, enabling her to take control of her own life and rise from the ashes of the old world as an independent woman. A visual poem about a woman’s intertemporal place in a world of patriarchy, class disparity, and sexual exploitation, juxtaposes the price of self-determination with the evil that spreads throughout the world in the aftermath of a war steeped in horror, which often turns into a weapon in the hands of the weak.
Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Magnus von Horn
Script: Magnus von Horn, Line Langebek
Cinematography: Michal Dymek
Editing: Agnieszka Glińska
Sound: Oskar Skriver
Actors: Vic Carmen Sonne, Trine Dyrholm, Besir Zeciri, Avo Knox Martin, Joachim Fjelstrup, Tessa Hoder
Production: Nordisk Film Production
Producers: Malene Blenkov, Mariusz Włodarski
Co-production: Lava Films, EC1 ŁÓDŹ, Lower Silesia Film Centre, Film i Väst, Nordisk Film Sweden
Costumes: Małgorzata Fudala
Production Design: Jagna Dobesz
Make Up: Anne Cathrine Sauerberg
Format: DCP
Color: Colour
Production Country: Denmark, Poland, Sweden
Production Year: 2024
Duration: 115'
Distribution in Greece: Weird Wave
Contact: The Match Factory

Magnus von Horn

Magnus von Horn was born in 1983 in Göteborg, Sweden but has lived for almost 20 years in Poland. A graduate of the Polish National Film School in Lodz where he is currently also a teacher. Already with his short films, he established himself internationally as a promising director presenting films at festivals such as Sundance and Locarno. Finding it inspiring to work in different languages his feature film debut, The Here After, was in Swedish and premiered at Director’s Fortnight in Cannes 2015; it also earned him the Swedish Guldbaggen award for best director and best film. His second feature film, Sweat, was in Polish and part of the Cannes official selection in 2020. His third film, The Girl With The Needle (2024), is a Nordisk Film Production and is in Danish.

Filmography

2007 Radek (documentary short)
2009 Echo (short)
2011 Without Snow (short)
2015 The Here After
2020 Sweat
2024 The Girl with the Needle