Conspiracy theorists fuel 'Bugonia' climate horror
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In Bugonia, a greasy-haired Jesse Plemons plays conspiracist antihero Teddy, who concludes that his own boss is in fact part of an alien race intent on destroying Earth. So he and his cousin Don kidnap her.
It's just the latest absurd offering from director Yorgos Lanthimos, part of what he calls his "little paradigms or experiments" to observe societal constructs and dig into what's behind them.
Teddy may appear unhinged, but he has valid reasons to feel angry and afraid — capitalist exploitation, ecological disasters and the sense that society doesn't care
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