Club Zero
Mia Wasikowska stars in an edgy and absurdist film direct from the Cannes Competition 2023, as a teacher who whips up a cult like following from her students as they practice “conscious eating”.
When Miss Novak (Wasikowska, superb) joins an elite international boarding school to teach “conscious eating” to the well-heeled students, it seems very much in keeping with the institution’s progressive values. Eating more “mindfully” is, after all, good for the environment and an act of rebellion against over-consumption. Soon Miss Novak has a committed cohort who eat less and less, and before their parents have any idea, the extremist “Club Zero” has become a reality. Director Jessica Hausner (Lovely Rita, Lourdes SFF 2010) deploys both humour and horror in depicting this developing cult in a portrait of a generation experiencing parental ambivalence, existential despair and a great fear of the future. Club Zero is an audacious exercise in both form and message. 
- Program Strand
- Late Announce
- Year
- 2023
- Classification
- Unclassified 18+
- Country
- Austria, UK, Germany, France, Denmark, Qatar
- Language
- In English
- Director
- Jessica Hausner
- Producer
- Jessica Hausner, Philippe Bober, Mike Goodridge, Johannes Schubert, Bruno Wagner, Martin Gschlacht
- Cast
- Mia Wasikowska, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Amir El-Masry
- Screenwriter
- Jessica Hausner, Geraldine Bajard
- Cinematographer
- Martin Gschlacht
- Editor
- Karina Ressler
- Premiere
- Australian Premiere
- Genre
- Women Directors, Cannes Selected, Late Announce
- Company Credits
- Sales Agent: Coproduction Office, Sales Agent: The Coproduction Office
