(Corrects paragraph 2 to show “Poor Things” debuted in Venice in 2023, not 2003)

By Crispian Balmer

VENICE (Reuters) -Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos’s new film “Bugonia”, which is premiering at the Venice Film Festival, presents a “funny and fucked up” vision of the contemporary world, its star Emma Stone said on Thursday.

Lanthimos and Stone have become one of the strongest director-actor duos in the movie industry and last joined forces in Venice in 2023 with their hit “Poor Things”, which won the main Golden Lion award, as well as four Oscars.

Their new film is a dark, comic thriller that offers a savage vision of our age of paranoia, delusion and decay.

“I think it is reflective of this point in time in our world, and is told in a way that I found really fascinating and moving, f

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