'Poor Things' Wins Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival

Director Yorgos Lanthimos and actress Emma Stone discuss the film's explicit sexual content and Hollywood's 'prudishness' towards sex.

Director Yorgos Lanthimos and actress Emma Stone discuss their latest film, 'Poor Things', which won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
Lanthimos criticizes Hollywood's 'prudishness' about sex, stating it was 'never an issue' to include graphic intimate scenes in 'Poor Things'.
The film is based on Alasdair Gray’s 1992 novel about a woman who drowns herself to escape her abusive husband and is later resurrected with the brain of her unborn child, renamed Bella Baxter.
Bella's character, portrayed by Stone, discovers her sexual freedom and at one point works as a Parisienne prostitute.
Stone praises the intimate and professional atmosphere on set during filming of sex scenes, with a minimal crew and an intimacy coordinator present.