It's always nice to have a movie that people talk about, and it feels like Yorgos Lanthimos is a filmmaker who sort of sets out to make that his goal each and every time he steps behind the camera. His latest film, Bugonia, is no exception. It's a crazy kidnapping story with alien science fiction elements and a lot to say about the state of the world. Today, I want to unpack the ending of Bugonia and explain all the themes and what it has to say about the human condition. Let's dive in. The 'Bugonia' PlotYorgos Lanthimos's black comedy thriller tells the story of Teddy Gatz (Jesse Plemons). He's an amateur beekeeper and a low-level warehouse employee at a megacorporation called Auxolith. Teddy is convinced that Auxolith's chemicals are causing Colony Collapse Disorder, which is destroying his hives.Teddy takes this all very personally because tears prior, an experimental drug trial run by Auxolith, turned his mother, Sandy (Alicia Silverstone), into a vegetable - not literally, she's just brain-dead. Now, the angry Teddy has gone down an internet conspiracy rabbit hole and decided that Auxolith's CEO, Michelle Fuller (Emma Stone), is an alien-in-disguise from the Andromeda galaxy sent to destroy humanity, starting with the bees.And Teddy has to stop this all from happening. Bugonia's Plot Twists: Is Michelle An Alien? The plot kicks into high gear after Teddy kidnaps Michelle in order to prove that she is an alien on Earth. Teddy's cousin, Don (Aidan Delbis), helps him with the kidnapping,...
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