Poor Things is a 2023 science fantasy black comedy film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos from a screenplay by Tony McNamara. It is based on the 1992 novel of the same name by Alasdair Gray, and stars Emma Stone alongside Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Christopher Abbott, and Jerrod Carmichael. The plot follows a young Victorian woman who, after being crudely resurrected by a scientist following her suicide, runs off with a debauched lawyer to embark on an odyssey of self-discovery and sexual liberation.

Development on the film began as early as 2009, when Lanthimos visited Gray in his Scotland home to acquire the rights to the novel. Following a period in development hell, the director revisited Poor Things while filming The Favourite (2018), which starred Stone, and approached her with the lead role. The remaining cast joined the project in 2021, with principal photography occurring in Hungary from August to December of that year.

Poor Things premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on September 1, 2023, where it was selected to compete for the Golden Lion. The film is scheduled to be theatrically released by Searchlight Pictures in the United States on December 8, 2023, and in the United Kingdom on January 12, 2024.



Director
Yorgos Lanthimos 

Producer
Ed Guiney
Andrew Lowe
Yorgos Lanthimos
Emma Stone

Screenwriter
Tony McNamara

Cast
Emma Stone
Mark Ruffalo
Willem Dafoe
Ramy Youssef
Christopher Abbott
Jerrod Carmichael

Production Company
Film4
Element Pictures
TSG Entertainment

Distributor
Searchlight Pictures   

Release Date
September 1, 2023 (Venice)
December 8, 2023 (United States)
January 12, 2024 (United Kingdom)   

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