Little Joe
Austrian director Jessica Hausner returns to the essence of genre with her fifth feature Little Joe, which deals with issues of reality vs. identity complicated by a genetically engineered plant and how its scattered seeds begin to have notable effects on the living creatures it comes into contact with. Hausner built an impressive resume through the 2000s, beginning with her 2001 debut Lovely Rita, which premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes, a sidebar she would return to again with 2004’s Hotel and with her last feature, 2014’s Amour Fou (read review). Hausner’s most successful international success to date was 2009’s Lourdes, which starred Lea Seydoux and Sylvie Testud and competed for the Golden Lion.…...
Austrian director Jessica Hausner returns to the essence of genre with her fifth feature Little Joe, which deals with issues of reality vs. identity complicated by a genetically engineered plant and how its scattered seeds begin to have notable effects on the living creatures it comes into contact with. Hausner built an impressive resume through the 2000s, beginning with her 2001 debut Lovely Rita, which premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes, a sidebar she would return to again with 2004’s Hotel and with her last feature, 2014’s Amour Fou (read review). Hausner’s most successful international success to date was 2009’s Lourdes, which starred Lea Seydoux and Sylvie Testud and competed for the Golden Lion.…...
- 1/8/2019
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
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