Bugonia Review: A Satirical Fury
Yorgos Lanthimos's film, Bugonia, is a unique blend of corporate satire, eco-horror, and cosmic paranoia, directed with his signature deadpan style.
The movie features Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Stavros Halkias, and Alicia Silverstone, and is currently showing in theaters, rated ***1/2.
The story follows a deluded beekeeper, Teddy (Jesse Plemons), who kidnaps Michelle Fuller (Emma Stone), the CEO of a pesticide empire, believing it to be an alien plot to destroy humanity.
What unfolds is part torture thriller, part philosophical chess match, and part tragicomic fable about who’s really destroying the planet, and why we insist on believing in aliens rather than accountability.
Author's summary: Bugonia is a thought-provoking satire.