IMDb plot summary: Two conspiracy-obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.
Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Stars Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, and Aidan Delbis.
Begonia is a Yorgos Lanthimos film starring Jesse Plemons as a doomsday prepper type character who kidnaps successful businesswoman Emma Stone because he is convinced that she is an alien come to invade his planet, and he has to get her to agree to take him to her ship and bargain to get them to leave Earth alone. Lanthimos is becoming one of my favorite modern directors. He always gets phenomenal performances out of his actors, but it doesn't hurt that he's choosing actors like Stone and Plemons who are gems in anything they do. I did have portions of this story spoiled for me before watching it, and I was curious if that was going to make me less interested, but the way it played out was compelling enough to watch in the moment that I didn't mind. The back and forth between Stone's and Plemons' characters is electric. And while I won't be the one to spoil the story for everybody else the way it was for me, I found the final few minutes absolutely astonishing. I'm going to be thinking about that ending for ages. I loved it, totally get why other people wouldn't... as is the case with most Lanthimos films.
🎥 Bugonia (2025)
📊 Ranked #572/4240 on my Flickchart
🎯 Flickscore™: 86
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