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Club Zero
''Club Zero'' is a 2023 dark comedy thriller film, thriller film, directed and produced by Jessica Hausner, from a screenplay by Hausner and Géraldine Bajard. It stars Mia Wasikowska, Mathieu Demy, Elsa Zylberstein, Amir El-Masry and Sidse Babett Knudsen. The film was an international co-production between companies in Austria, United Kingdom, Germany, France and Denmark. The film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, 76th Cannes Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on 22 May 2023. Plot A teacher at an elite school forms a bond with five students, which takes a shocking turn when their approach to intermittent fasting goes too far. Cast * Mia Wasikowska as Miss Novak * Sidse Babett Knudsen as Miss Dorset * Elsa Zylberstein as Elsa's mother * Mathieu Demy as Elsa's father * Luke Barker as Fred * Ksenia Devriendt as Elsa * Florence Baker as Ragna * Samuel D. Anderson as Ben * Gwen Currant as Helen * Andrei Hozoc as Corbinian * Sad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Hausner
Jessica Hausner (born 6 October 1972) is an Austrian film director and screenwriter. She received international attention in 2001 when her film ''Lovely Rita'', a portrait of a young girl who feels confined by family constraints, was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Three years later she returned to Cannes with her film ''Hotel''. Her 2014 film ''Amour Fou'' was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. Jessica Hausner is the daughter of Viennese painter Rudolf Hausner, sister of costume designer Tanja Hausner and half sister of set designer and painter Xenia Hausner. She studied at Filmacademy Vienna. With fellow directors Barbara Albert and Antonin Svoboda and director of photography Martin Gschlacht, she founded the Viennese film production company coop99 in 1999. She was appointed a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2017. In 2002 she was a member of the jury at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |