28 Oct 2023 20:30

#Soggettiva explores the work of Jessica Hausner: from Lovely Rita (2001) to her most recent work, Club Zero (2023), starring Mia Wasikowska, which was presented in competition at the last Cannes Film Festival.

Director, screenwriter and film producer Jessica Hausner directed her first feature film Lovely Rita in 2001, which was presented in the “Un Certain Regard” section at Cannes and nominated for best debut feature at the European Film Awards. Hausner returned to Cannes with the thriller Hotel (2004). In 2009 Lourdes was in competition at the Venice Film Festival and received several awards, including the FIPRESCI prize. In 2014 Hausner presented Amour Fou, a rarefied sentimental drama, at Cannes, and in 2019 Little Joe, which won the award for best female performance; in 2023 Club Zero is in competition for the Palme d’Or.

The talk is part of #Soggettiva, the spotlights on film directors

#Soggettiva is Cinema Godard’s monthly spotlights on contemporary film directors. In October 2023 Jessica Hausner was featured in a conversation with Paolo Moretti, and all her films part of the month’s screening program.

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Interview with Jessica Hausner | Cinema Godard