LITTLE JOE

By Jessica HAUSNER

ARTHOUSE TRAFFIC - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, VOD, UKRAINE

Drama - Completed 2019


Festivals
& Awards

Festival de Cannes 2019
Competition
Busan IFF 2019
World Cinema
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • AUSTRIA, GERMANY, UNITED KINGDOM
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 105 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Jessica HAUSNER
    • Producer(s)
    • Martin GSCHLACHT (COOP99), Bruno WAGNER (COOP99), Jessica HAUSNER (COOP99), Bertrand FAIVRE (The Bureau), Gerardine O'FLYNN (The Bureau), Philippe BOBER (Essential Films)
    • Synopsis
    • Alice, a single mother, is a dedicated senior plant breeder at a corporation engaged in developing new species. She has engineered a very special crimson flower, remarkable not only for its beauty but also for its therapeutic value: if kept at the ideal temperature, fed properly and spoken to regularly, this plant makes its owner happy. Against company policy, Alice takes one home as a gift for her teenage son, Joe. They christen it ‘Little Joe’ but as it grows, so too does Alice’s suspicion that her new creations may not be as harmless as their nickname suggests.