Miss Novak transforms her students at a British boarding school into an anorexic cult with her conscious eating philosophy.
Her academic disciples have bouts of bulimia and even swear off vegan food.
One female character even punishes her father in a power play by refusing to eat.
‘Club Zero’ director Jessica Hausner in Cannes on TuesdayPascal Le Segretain/Getty Images
Others starve themselves for political and environmental reasons.
Its maybe even more about a strange sort of faith and nutrition religion.
However,Club Zeros bigger jab is at fake truths and weird truths on the internet, continued Hausner.
In approaching her stern character, Wasikowska said she spoke with Hausner.
That process per theAlice in Wonderlandactress, creates a scarier form of manipulation in the execution of the performance.
The movie is also about parents neglect over their children in the course of their work-addicted days.
We should take more care of what happens to the young generation, says Hausner.
Hausner explained that her use of a percussive score was to giveClub Zeroa tribal, cult vibe.
The pic is Hausners sixth at Cannes following 1999sInter-view,2001sLovely Rita,2004sHotel, 2014sAmour Fouand 2019sLittle Joe.
