Club Zero movie storyline. At an international boarding school, an unassuming, yet rigorous, Miss Novak (Mia Wasikowska) joins the teaching staff to instruct a new class on “conscious eating.” Her impressionable teenage students each have their own reasons for joining the class — to improve fitness, reduce their carbon footprint, or get extra credit.
Although early lectures focus on mindful consumption, Miss Novak’s discussions soon become increasingly disordered and extreme. A suspicious headmistress, concerned parents and the failing health of her students lead everyone to question the inscrutable Miss Novak’s motivations for teaching the class. As a few devoted pupils fall deeper under her cult-like tutelage, they are given a new, even more sinister goal to aspire to — joining the ominous “Club Zero.”
Club Zero is a 2023 dark comedy 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 76th Cannes Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on May 22, 2023. It is slated to have its North American premiere at the 2023 Calgary International Film Festival, in the International Narrative Competition lineup. It was also invited at the 28th Busan International Film Festival in ‘World Cinema’ section and was screened on October 7, 2023.
It was released in France by BAC Films on September 27, 2023, in Austria by Filmladen on November 17, 2023, in Germany by Neue Visionen on March 28, 2024 and in Denmark by Camera Film on June 27, 2024. The film was given a limited release in the United States by Film Movement starting on March 15, 2024 at IFC Center in New York City.
Club Zero (2023)
Directed by: Jessica Hausner
Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Sidse Babett, Elsa Zylberstein, Mathieu Demy, Luke Barker, Ksenia Devriendt, Florence Baker, Samuel D. Anderson, Gwen Currant, Andrei Hozoc, Sade McNichols-Thomas
Screenplay by: Jessica Hausner, Géraldine Bajard
Production Design by: Beck Rainford
Cinematography by: Martin Gschlacht
Film Editing by: Karina Ressler
Costume Design by: Tanja Hausner
Set Decoration by: Emma Field-Rayner, Tom Kratz
Art Direction by: Alison Adams, Lauren Holly Crockatt, Victoria Figler
Music by: Markus Binder
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: BAC Films, Filmladen, Neue Visionen, Camera Film, Film Movement
Release Date: May 22, 2023 (Cannes), September 27, 2023 (France), November 17, 2023 (Austria), March 28, 2024 (Germany), May 21, 2024 (United States), June 27, 2024 (Denmark)
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