Poor Things
Poor Things
“ She’s nothing like you’ve ever seen. ”
CINEMA2023-12-07
DIGITAL2024-02-26
RegionIE / GB
Runtime141 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“Qualley’s first collaboration with Yorgos Lanthimos. Her role is relatively small, but the film placed her inside a deliberately stylized and unstable performance world that would become more important in their later work together.”
Storyline
Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, she grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.
DIRECTOR / Director
Yorgos Lanthimos
KEYWORDS
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Margaret Qualley
She keeps moving away from safe roles, building a distinctive screen presence through risk and reinvention.
Qualley’s first collaboration with Yorgos Lanthimos. Her role is relatively small, but the film placed her inside a deliberately stylized and unstable performance world that would become more important in their later work together.
