Bugonia

Bugonia (2025)

Timing: 1:59 (119 min)

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All about film

Video 39

Photo 210

Actors and characters

Release date

2025-10-23

Country

Ireland, Korea, United States, Canada

Production

Square Peg, Element Pictures, Fruit Tree, CJ ENM, Fremantle, Pith Quest Films

Genre

Science Fiction, Thriller, Comedy

Budget

$50 000 000

Revenue

$40 796 580

Website

https://www.focusfeatures.com/bugonia

Director

Yorgos Lanthimos

Actors

Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias, Alicia Silverstone, J. Carmen Galindez Barrera, Marc T. Lewis, Vanessa Eng, Cedric Dumornay, Momma Cherri
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Scenario

Producer

Andrew Lowe, Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, Lars Knudsen, Ari Aster, Jerry Kyoungboum Ko, Miky Lee, Yoon Sang-hyun, Khan Kwon

Operator

Robbie Ryan

Composer

Jerskin Fendrix

Artist

Mursalim Topham

Audition

Jennifer Venditti

Editing

Yorgos Mavropsaridis, Daniella R. Baggaley
All team (168)

• Bougonia is an ancient Greek ritual based on the belief that if a bull's carcass is left under certain conditions, bees will appear within it. Figuratively, the word symbolizes rebirth.
• Emma Stone agreed to shave her head for the role only if director Yorgos Lanthimos did the same.
• Work on a remake of the film 'Save the Green Planet!' (Chang Joon-hwan) began in 2020. Will Tracy rewrote the screenplay, and Chang Joon-hwan was initially planned to direct. Ari Aster became the producer and advocated for making the protagonist a woman (the original featured a male lead). In February 2024, it became known that Yorgos Lanthimos would direct the remake.
• Yorgos Lanthimos wanted to film the final scenes at the Acropolis in Athens, but permission was denied. Filming was organized on a beach on the Greek island of Milos in the Aegean Sea.
• Work on a remake of the film 'Save the Green Planet!' (Chan Joon-hwan) began in 2020. Will Tracy rewrote the script, and Chan Joon-hwan himself was initially planned to direct. Ari Aster became the producer and championed the decision to make the main character a woman (originally a man). In February 2024, it became known that Yorgos Lanthimos would direct the remake.