THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE
Echoing the case of serial killer Dagmar Overbye, this drama tells the story of a young woman who, in post-Great War Copenhagen, enters a foster home. Magnus von Horn (The Here After) resorts to an aesthetically pleasing visual style to tell a gothic horror story where the drama is unsettling. Its dazzling expressionistic black-and-white imagery and 1.66:1 aspect ratio (akin to The Witch or A Clockwork Orange) amplify the effect of its macabre sophistication, resembling an unedited Brothers Grimm fairy tale. Starring Vic Carmen Sonne (Holiday, Godland) and the Danish star Trine Dyrholm, this bold film will represent Denmark at the Oscars, promising strong emotions after screening at the official sections of Cannes, Toronto and Karlovy Vary.
