Yorgos Lanthimos And Jesse Plemons Talk 'Bugonia' And What's Next

Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos burst onto the international scene in 2009 with his third feature, Dogtooth , a jet-black comedy about a messed-up family that heralded a whole series of films christened Weird Wave by the startled media. After the even more cryptic Alps , Lanthimos branched out into the English-language market, where his often cruel, unsentimental style of surrealism proved an immediate critical hit with 2015’s The Lobste r. His vision is one thing, but the director’s superpower is his ability to lure A-list actors into his orbit, a prime example being Emma Stone , who came to co-star in 2018’s 18-century period piece The Favourite and has hung around ever since. The newest addition to his rep company is Jesse Plemons , who won Best Actor in Cannes last ye