Emma Stone’s new movie “Poor Things” is generating Oscar buzz despite its unique and controversial subject matter.
The film debuted at the Telluride Film Festival on Saturday and is the work of Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos, best known for the Oscar-winning movie “The Favourite.” Some entertainment outlets predict that Lanthimos will again get multiple Academy Award nominations for his latest work.
This sci-fi black comedy is based on Alasdair Gray’s 1992 novel of the same name. It follows Stone playing Bella, a Victorian woman who dies by suicide but is then brought back to life by a scientist who is also her guardian. Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe) revives her by implanting the brain of her unborn child into her body, which effectively makes her a child
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