“What the heck just happened?” Honestly, that question applies to basically every movie that Yorgos Lanthimos makes. But it’s particularly relevant for his latest film Bugonia , not so much because the ending is unclear, but because it is so unexpected .

For Lanthimos himself, what’s unexpected is the divisive response that audiences have had. “I’ve noticed that some people say, ‘Oh, it’s really dark and bleak, the ending,’ and then some other people find it very hopeful, because in a sense you don’t take it literally,” the Greek filmmaker told Entertainment Weekly .

Most of Bugonia follows troubled conspiracy theorist Teddy Gatz (Jesse Plemons) who, with the not entirely-willing help of his cousin Don (Aidan Delbis) kidnaps pharma CEO Michelle Fuller ( Emma Stone ). The

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