Emma Stone's new movie 'Bugonia' gets 6minute standing ovation at Venice, reports say Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY August 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM "Bugonia," a black comedy thriller from Emma Stone and "Poor Things" director Yorgos Lanthimos, debuted at the Venice Film Festival with extended praise.
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Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY August 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
"Bugonia," a black comedy thriller from Emma Stone and "Poor Things" director Yorgos Lanthimos, debuted at the Venice Film Festival with extended praise.
The festival audience gave the film – which also stars Jesse Plemmons, Alicia Silverstone and Aidan Delbis – a six-minute standing ovation, according to Variety and The Hollywood Reporter. The movie follows Michelle (Stone), a high-powered CEO who becomes the target of two conspiracy-obsessed young men, who kidnap her after becoming convinced she is an alien intent on destroying Earth.
While the film festival circuit is well-known for a lengthy standing ovation, that's not to suggest the applause was out of habit. According to the outlets, the Venice crowd was transfixed during the Thursday, Aug. 28, screening.
The 82nd Venice International Film Festival is underway, and Hollywood's top stars are arriving. See the best photos from the event, starting with actress Cate Blanchett as she attends the red carpet before the film festival's opening ceremony on Aug. 27, 2025 at Venice Lido.
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" src=https://ift.tt/F0qd5Va class=caas-img>Werner Herzog poses with his Golden Lion statuette for his Lifetime Achievement Award after the opening ceremony of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival.
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1 / 32See George Clooney, Emma Stone, more stars arrive at Venice Film Festival 2025Cast member Adam Sandler poses with his wife Jackie Sandler and his daughters Sunny Sandler and Sadie Sandler on the red carpet for the screening of the movie "Jay Kelly" in competition, at the 82nd Venice Film Festival, in Venice, Italy, on Aug. 28, 2025.
The Venice Film Festival audience's reactions to the film ranged from "stunned silence" and "bouts of laughter" to "covering their eyes and gasping" at the movie's "gorier" scenes, the outlets reported.
The film has been generating early buzz for the dramatic transformation Stone undertook. At one point in the movie, the actress shaves her head on camera. In her September issue cover story interview with Vogue published on Aug. 11, the two-time Oscar winner, 36, raved about the haircut, but admitted she burst into tears before filming the scene. She was thinking about her mom, she said, who lost her hair while battling breast cancer.
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Emma Stone stars as Michelle in director Yorgos Lanthimos' "Bugonia," a Focus Features release.
Meanwhile Silverstone, who previously worked with Lanthimos on the 2017 psychological thriller "The Killing of a Sacred Deer," told USA TODAY that she has been a fan of Stone and Plemmons "for so long," adding: "Even though I have a very small role in that film, I am just so happy to be there with them."
'Bugonia' movie trailer'Bugonia' movie release date
"Bugonia" will be released in theaters Oct. 24.
Contributing: Brendan Morrow
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