Yorgos Lanthimos' Latest Success: Bugonia
With standout performances, the film presents a conspiracy motivated by corporations and class differences.
Yorgos Lanthimos' film, Bugonia, starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons, is a satirical dark comedy that examines power, belief, trauma and the link between all three.
Based on the Korean science fiction horror thriller, Save the Green Planet!, Lanthimos' movie feels extremely well-timed, shining a spotlight on a society where conspiracy supplants truth and corporations consume the people they claim to serve.
Emma Stone stars as Michelle, a high-powered CEO, alongside Jesse Plemons' character, Teddy, a man tormented by personal trauma and delusion who becomes convinced Michelle is an alien infiltrating humanity for nefarious purposes.
The film marks Stone's fourth collaboration with Lanthimos, after 2018's The Favourite, 2023's Poor Things and 2024's Kinds of Kindness.
Author's summary: Lanthimos' Bugonia is a dark comedy examining power and trauma.
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