Little Joe
“Happiness is a business”
Alice, a single mother who is more dedicated to her work as a genetic engineer than to her teenage son Joe, develops a new variety of flower that is supposed to have the ability to make its owner happy thanks to its special chemical properties.
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Emily Beecham
Alice
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1899
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Ben Whishaw
Chris
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
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Kerry Fox
Bella
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Shallow Grave
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Kit Connor
Joe
Known for
His Dark Materials
Heartstopper
David Wilmot
Karl
Known for
The Alienist
Station Eleven
Phénix Brossard
Ric
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Benjamin
Sebastian Hülk
Ivan
Known for
Dark
Hijack
Lindsay Duncan
Psychotherapist
Known for
Sherlock
Rome
Jessie Mae Alonzo
Selma
Known for
Everything Now
Andrew Rajan
Jasper
Also in
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Loved Up
Marie Noel Ntwa Ydjumbwiths
Colleague #3
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Goran Kostić
Mr. Simic
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Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Jessica Hausner Director · Géraldine Bajard Screenplay Martin Gschlacht Cinematographer
United States release December 6, 2019 · Produced in Austria, Germany, United Kingdom · Production Essential Filmproduktion, ORF
Production
The Bureau
Production
Essential Filmproduktion
Production
ORF
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BBC Film
Production
BR
Production
ARTE
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Coop99 Filmproduktion
Production
Austria · Germany · United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
France · May 17, 2019
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
Austria · November 1, 2019
Theatrical
United States · December 6, 2019
Theatrical
United States
October 5, 2019 · Premiere · Mill Valley Film Festival
October 11, 2019 · Premiere · Hamptons International Film Festival
Australia
July 1, 2021 · Theatrical
Belgium
October 15, 2019 · Premiere · Gent International Film Festival
Canada
September 29, 2019 · Premiere · Vancouver International Film Festival
Chile
August 18, 2020 · Premiere · Santiago International Film Festival
China
June 19, 2019 · Premiere · Shanghai International Film Festival
December 2, 2022 · Limited theatrical · 全国艺术电影放映联盟专线上映 a National Alliance of Arthouse Cinemas release
Czechia
February 13, 2020 · Theatrical
France
September 16, 2019 · Premiere · Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival
November 13, 2019 · Theatrical
May 11, 2022 · TV · ARTE
Germany
September 8, 2019 · Premiere · Fantasy Filmfest
January 9, 2020 · Theatrical
Greece
November 7, 2019 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
January 16, 2020 · Theatrical
Hungary
February 13, 2020 · Theatrical
India
October 18, 2019 · Premiere · Mumbai Film Festival
Ireland
February 21, 2020 · Digital
Israel
July 29, 2019 · Premiere · Jerusalem Film Festival
Italy
October 29, 2019 · Premiere · Trieste Science+Fiction Festival
August 20, 2020 · Theatrical
Japan
July 17, 2020 · Digital
Netherlands
February 6, 2020 · Theatrical
Poland
July 26, 2019 · Premiere · New Horizons Film Festival
August 1, 2019 · Premiere · Two Riversides Film and Art Festival
Russia
November 21, 2019 · Theatrical
November 29, 2019 · Theatrical
Slovakia
September 17, 2020 · Theatrical
South Korea
October 7, 2019 · Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
April 1, 2021 · Theatrical
Spain
May 3, 2020 · Premiere · D'A Film Festival
Sweden
January 25, 2020 · Premiere · Göteborg Film Festival
Switzerland
November 9, 2019 · Digital
Taiwan
April 1, 2020 · Theatrical
Türkiye
October 6, 2019 · Premiere · Filmekimi
December 27, 2019 · Theatrical
Ukraine
December 12, 2019 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 4, 2019 · Premiere · London Film Festival
February 21, 2020 · Theatrical
January 26, 2022 · TV · BBC Two
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