The latest from Austrian director Jessica Hausner (Little Joe), Club Zero stars Mia Wasikowska as Miss Novak, a
teacher who begins a nutrition class at an exclusive boarding school.
Initially her lectures promote positive health but as her pupils fall under
her spell, Miss Novak's classes take increasingly sinister turns.
The film also stars Mathieu Demy, Elsa Zylberstein, Amir El-Masry and
Sidse Babett Knudsen, and is co-written by Géraldine Bajard.
Club Zero is in US cinemas from march 15th. A UK/ROI
release has yet to be announced.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
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.”
