Poor Things
- Release Date
- December 8, 2023
- Director
- Yorgos Lanthimos
- Cast
- Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef
- Runtime
- 2hr 21min
- Main Genre
- Romance
- Studio
- Element Pictures, Film4, Searchlight Pictures
- Writers
- Tony McNamara
Summary
From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the SFa brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe). Under Baxter's protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo), a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, Bella grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.
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