Yorgos Lanthimos and his frequent star Emma Stone arrived at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday and unveiled their latest collaboration Bugonia , as part of the festival’s main competition. A reflection on what is “happening now” in society, as Lanthimos told the press earlier in the afternoon, the movie received a 6-minute, 50-second ovation inside the Sala Grande.

Stone stars with Jesse Plemons , Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias and Alicia Silverstone.

A remake of South Korean filmmaker Jang Joon-hwan’s Save the Green Planet! , the film follows two conspiracy-obsessed men (Plemons and Delbis) who kidnap the high-powered CEO (Stone) of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.

After the screening, the crowd was enthusiastic, and Lant

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