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The Match Factory Snaps Up ‘Sweat’ Director Magnus von Horn’s First Genre Pic, ‘The Girl With the Needle’ (EXCLUSIVE)
The Match Factory has acquired rights to Magnus von Horn’s genre-bending ‘The Girl With the Needle,' ahead of Göteborg’s Nordic Film Market.
Cologne-based The Match Factory has acquired rights to Swedish-Polish helmer Magnus von Horn’s Danish pic “The Girl With the Needle,” billed as a “fairy-tale about a horrible truth.” In the starring roles are Trine Dyrholm (“In a Better World”, “Queen of Hearts”), Vic Carmen Sonne (“Godland”, “Holiday”) and Besir Zeciri (“Wildland”). In Von Horn’s pic, set in post WW1 Copenhagen, the focal point is Karoline (Sonne), a young pregnant factory worker, who takes on the job of a wet-nurse for the charismatic Dagmar (Dyrholm) in order to escape poverty. Discussing his use of black and white, the former Lodz Film School alumnus, who teamed up with “Sweat” and ”Cold War” cinematographer Michal Dymek, said he was keen to “recreate the feel and grain of past times”.
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