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Bugonia Opens in France With Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons in Yorgos Lanthimos’s Conspiracy Thriller

The fourth Lanthimos–Stone collaboration arrives to early French notices praising its mordant, genre-blending take on conspiracism.

Overview

  • The film is released on November 26 in France with a 1 hour 58 minute runtime, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and led by Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons.
  • The story follows conspiracy believer Teddy Gatz, who kidnaps powerful CEO Michelle Fuller after deciding she is an extraterrestrial threat.
  • Sud Ouest describes the movie as a visually precise farce that mixes thriller, sci‑fi, gore and satire to skewer conspiracy thinking and American divides, while noting it feels slightly long.
  • La Provence praises Stone’s performance and highlights her tense face‑off with Plemons, recalling his 2024 Cannes Best Actor win.
  • The feature is adapted from the South Korean film Save the Green Planet! and continues themes seen in the pair’s prior work.