Yorgos Lanthimos's Bugonia is a bizarrely elegant cocktail of corporate satire, eco-horror, and cosmic paranoia.
The film features a cast including Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Stavros Halkias, and Alicia Silverstone.
The premise is both absurd and eerily plausible: a deluded beekeeper kidnaps Michelle Fuller, the CEO of a pesticide empire he believes is an alien plot.
The film is a reimagining of the 2003 Korean cult film Save the Green Planet!, with a mix of torture thriller, philosophical chess match, and tragicomic fable.
What unfolds is part torture thriller, part philosophical chess match, and part tragicomic fable about who’s really destroying the planet.
Author's summary: Bugonia is a satirical film with a unique blend of genres.