Poor Things: Everything About the Emma Stone Film That Won the Golden Globe
Alasdair Gray’s novel Poor Things is the basis for the new film that is sweeping awards ceremonies. After their well-deserved Emmy victory for the twin series, I Know This Much is True, Mark Ruffalo and Emma Stone, who stars in the film Cruella, are chosen to star in the new film to be directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. This genius already gave us films like The Favorite, The Lobster, Dogtooth, and The Killing of a Sacred Deer.
Gray’s novel, Poor Things, has been described as a “hilarious political allegory” and “a send-up of Victorian literature,” as well as “a thought-provoking duel between the desires of men and the independence of women.” women”. The film is a slightly different version of the classic Frankenstein story by Mary Shelley (who supposedly wrote it when she was just a teenager), where the “monster” is a woman named Bella Baxter, who wakes up after a brain transplant that leaves her having to learn to be an adult human from scratch.
The Trailer for Poor Things:
The trailer shows a kind of fantastic and somewhat psychedelic tale, where Emma Stone plays a kind of Frankenstein, who is learning what it means to be alive and how to behave in the world, from which she sometimes feels somewhat disconnected. Along with the trailer comes a synopsis that reads: From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes the incredible story and fantastic evolution of Bella Baxter (Stone), a young woman whom the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe) revived. Under Baxter’s protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness missing from her, Ella Bella runs away with Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo), a cunning and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across continents. Freed from the prejudices of her time, Bella becomes steadfast in her purpose to defend equality and liberation.
What is Poor Things About?
According to the book, Bella Baxter is “resurrected” using the brain of a baby; before that, she was Victoria Blessington, a woman who commits suicide to escape her abusive husband. But Victoria‘s story doesn’t end there, after her death, a surgeon decides to bring her back to life using the brain of the baby she was expecting, which means that Bella comes back to life with the mentality of a child, but eventually She becomes engaged to a Glasgow doctor whom she ends up drugging in order to escape with a lawyer who takes her to tour Europe, where her brain begins to mature and she develops greater consciousness. Bella’s big problem is that her freedom is at risk when, while touring Europe, her original husband recognizes her as Victoria and decides he is not ready to let her go so easily.
The Cast and Crew
According to Collider, Tony McNamara, an Oscar nominee for co-writing the screenplay for The Favorite, will adapt the novel, while Stone will produce under his Fruit Tree banner alongside Element Pictures ‘ Ali Herting and Dave McCary, Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe, Film4 and Lanthimos. As for the actors, Emma Stone will play Bella Baxter, while Ruffalo is expected to play some of the key characters in Bella’s life (be it the surgeon, her husband, or the lawyer with whom she escapes), although not exactly which one is known). Ruffalo is also about to return as Hulk in the Marvel series about She-Hulk, he will appear in the series What If…? and recently wrapped filming The Adam Project with Ryan Reynolds. For now, the actors who will accompany Stone and Ruffalo as part of this new film have not been confirmed.
The Poor Things Awards
The film received several nominations at the Golden Globes, where Emma Stone won an award for best actress, and the film was recognized as Best Musical or comedy film (beating Barbie), and the Critic’s Choice Awards, in addition to two victories at the Venice Film Festival, including one for best film. In addition, it is expected to become one of the major nominees for the 2024 Oscars.
When Poor Things Will Premiere?
Lanthimos‘ new project will hit theaters on January 25, 2024, although there is still no clear date. Lanthimos ‘ films are a guarantee and it seems that this will not be the exception, so we have to be on the lookout for more details and for the first trailers that will let us see more of the new “monster”, which will surely have touches of irony, dark comedy, and a little horror, with the classic dark tones that identify the director’s work.
