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Triple Oscar Nominee Agnieszka Holland Interviews Director of Danish Award Hopeful ‘The Girl With the Needle’ (Exclusive)
The Hollywood ReporterStory by Scott Roxborough
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Acclaimed Polish director Agnieszka Holland champions a dark Danish Oscar hopeful about a seamstress forced to choose between a back-alley abortion or a sinister adoption scheme in 1920s Copenhagen.
beat sheet
- Holland, a three-time Oscar nominee, sees parallels between the film's themes of women's bodily autonomy and the current climate in her home country of Poland, where abortion rights have been restricted.
- Director Magnus von Horn drew visual inspiration from David Lynch's 'The Elephant Man' and Steven Spielberg's 'Schindler's List' to transport audiences back to 1920s Copenhagen, where the film's grim story unfolds.
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Agnieszka Holland, Magnus von Horn, Vic Carmen Sonne, Trine Dyrholm, Mubi, The Girl With the Needle