Karoline (Vic Carmen Sonne), a young factory worker, is struggling to survive in post Word War I Copenhagen. When she finds herself unemployed, abandoned, and pregnant, she meets Dagmar (Trine Dyrholm), a charismatic woman running an underground adoption agency, helping mothers to find foster homes for their unwanted children. A strong connection is formed between the two women, but Karoline’s world shatters when she stumbles upon the shocking truth behind her work. THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE is an unsettling tale about a woman searching for love in an immoral world.

In Danish with English subtitles.