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Awards contender “Poor Things” will open EnergaCamerimage, the cinematography-focused film festival that will take place in Torun, Poland, on November 11-18.
The film, starring Emma Stone and directed by Greek helmer Yorgos Lanthimos (“Dogtooth,” “The Lobster”), won the Golden Lion at Venice. Robbie Ryan, the film’s cinematographer, will introduce “Poor Things” at Camerimage.
The tale, in keeping with the eccentricities of Lanthimos’ other movies, traces the evolution of Bella Baxter (Stone, who also produced), a young Victorian woman brought back from her death by suicide by a brilliant scientist, Dr. Godwin Baxter (played by Willem Dafoe). Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo), a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure as she seeks self-discovery and sexual liberation.
Lanthimos and Ryan previously collaborated on “The Favourite,” which in 2018 competed for Camerimage’s Golden Frog Award in the fest’s main competition; it came away with the Audience Award.
Lanthimos directed “Poor Things” from a screenplay by Tony McNamara based on the 1992 novel of the same name by Alasdair Gray. The film also stars Ramy Youssef, Christopher Abbott and Jerrod Carmichael.
No stranger to the Oscar race, Lanthimos has had three films in contention, including “Dogtooth” (2008), “The Lobster” (2015) and “The Favourite” (2018), which received 10 noms, including for best picture and best directing.
Searchlight Pictures will release the picture in the U.S. on December 8.
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