Overview

• World premiering in competition at the Venice Film Festival, the film drew a roughly 6-minute, 50-second standing ovation inside the Sala Grande.
• Focus Features released the full official trailer today, offering a first extended look that includes Stone singing along to Chappell Roan’s “Good Luck, Babe!”.
• Initial reviews are largely positive, highlighting standout turns from Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons and praising the film’s satirical bite, with some reservations about its length.
• Bugonia opens in North America on October 24 in limited release before expanding nationwide on October 31.
• Director Yorgos Lanthimos framed the English-language remake of Save the Green Planet! as a reflection of today’s world, saying “humanity is facing a reckoning,” with a screenplay by Will Tracy.