Film company Searchlight Pictures has shown the first full trailer for Yorgos Lanthimos’ upcoming film “The Poor Unfortunate”. The film will have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. The film will be released on September 8.
Poor Unfortunates is a surreal science fiction comedy. The film is based on Alasdair Gray’s 1992 novel Poor Things. The screenplay was adapted by Tony McNamara, who worked on Cruella, The Great, and The Favourite. Starring Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe and Mark Ruffalo.
The drama “Poor Unhappy” tells the story of the “fickle, too sexy and emancipated woman” Bella Baxter. She had the brain of her own unborn child transplanted to him after she committed suicide to escape her abusive husband.
Bella is brought back to life by a brilliant unorthodox scientist and part-time father, Godwin Baxter. But at some point, the protagonist lacks freedom and she decides to elope with the lawyer Duncan. The girl intends to travel the world and defend equality. In addition to Stone, Defoe and Ruffalo, Christopher Abbott and American comedians Rami Youssef and Jerrod Carmichael starred in the film.
Previously, Searchlight Pictures took to social media to post the first images from Yorgos Lanthimos’ upcoming film. You can see them here.
