• Director(s)

    Magnus Von Horn

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Release date

    06/12/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    123m

  • Cast

    Vic Carmen Sonne, Trine Dyrholm, Besir Zeciri

Film

The Girl with the Needle

distressing scenes, drug misuse, strong sex

This stark Danish-language drama portraying horrifying events following a young woman's involvement in an illegal adoption agency includes distressing scenes of child murder and a harrowing abortion scene.…

This stark Danish-language drama portraying horrifying events following a young woman's involvement in an illegal adoption agency includes distressing scenes of child murder and a harrowing abortion scene.

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violence

threat and horror

sex

discrimination

drugs

suicide and self-harm

injury detail

nudity

  • Director(s)

    Magnus Von Horn

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Release date

    06/12/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    123m

  • Cast

    Vic Carmen Sonne, Trine Dyrholm, Besir Zeciri

distressing scenes, drug misuse, strong sex
Classified Date:
26/11/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
MUBI
violence
In a scene of domestic abuse, a parent slaps her child's face. In another scene, a child is knocked to the floor. There are also verbal references to murder.
threat and horror
In one scene, a child attempts to smother a baby; however, she is prevented from doing so. There are also unsettling and sinister scenes featuring distorted faces.
sex
A clothed sex scene includes heavy thrusting; however, there is limited detail. it is implied a man masturbates a woman, but this is not shown in detail. A character makes a disparaging remark about a man's penis.
discrimination
A man with severe facial injuries is put on public display and mocked by people who refer to him as a 'freak' and an 'animal'. This discrimination is negatively presented and, accordingly, not condoned by the work as a whole.
drugs
Characters ingest and sniff ether and naphtha. Although their experience initially seems pleasurable, characters subsequently experience paranoia and hallucinations. It is implied that a disturbed man injects morphine; however, there is limited detail.
suicide and self-harm
In one scene containing moderate visual detail, a person attempts to take their own life.
injury detail
A character has severe healed facial injuries sustained in wartime.
nudity
During a stage show, a woman briefly exposes her breast. In another scene, a woman expresses breast milk. There are scenes of natural nudity in a bath-house.
theme
Distressing scenes of infanticide are harrowing but undetailed. A woman attempts an abortion, and there is blood in the aftermath.
Classified Date:
19/11/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
MUBI

  • Classified date

    26/11/2024

  • Language

    Danish