Popular filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos' latest film Bugonia, starring Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons and Aidan Delbis in lead roles is all set to land on OTT. after a four-month-long wait. Released last year in October, the sci-fi comedy-thriller will stream on JioHotstar from February 28.
In Bugonia, Stone plays a powerful pharmaceutical CEO Michelle Fuller, who is kidnapped by two conspiracy theorists - Jesse Plemons and his buddy Aidan Delbis - who are convinced that she's an alien. The rest of the story seems to follow the hunt led by police in search of her and how Stone's character tries to prove she is not who they think she is. Upon release, the film was met with mostly positive reviews from fans and critics.
An except from our CE review of the film reads, "Bugonia hints at an interesting war of different ideologies, of contrasting realities. It shows extreme ideological possession of conspiracy theories when Teddy tries his hand at everything between alt-right movements and extreme leftist ideas before figuring out that aliens are living in disguise as wealthy, powerful humans. Through Teddy, we see how lofty conspiracy theories are formed and how they find devoted believers."
Lanthimos had directed the film from a screenplay by Will Tracy (Succession, The Menu). It is based on the 2003 South Korean comedy Save the Green Planet!, written and directed by Jang Joon-Hwan.
Bugonia brought Lanthimos and Stone together after The Favourite, Poor Things, and Kinds of Kindness. It also reunited Lanthimos with Plemons and the latter with Stone after Kinds of Kindness. The film also stars Alicia Silverstone and Stavros Halkias playing key roles.
