Little Joe

dir. Jessica Hausner 2019 Germany 100 min.
A botanical thriller? A dystopian horror film? A family drama? Social satire? Jessica Hausner's ("Lourdes") first English-language film is as unpredictable as she is.


Alice, a single mother, is a dedicated senior plant breeder at a corporation engaged in developing new species. Against company policy, she takes one home as a gift for her teenage son and names it after him but soon starts fearing it.