In select theaters December 8. Everywhere December 22.
From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe). Under Baxter’s protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo), a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, Bella grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.
Cast: Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Jerrod Carmichael, Christopher Abbott, Margaret Qualley
From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe). Under Baxter’s protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo), a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, Bella grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.
Cast: Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Jerrod Carmichael, Christopher Abbott, Margaret Qualley
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Short filmTranscript
00:00 Mr. McCandles.
00:02 This is Bella.
00:04 Hello, Bella.
00:06 Bud.
00:10 Blood.
00:11 Bud.
00:12 Blood.
00:13 The artist and I started talking about poor things in 2017.
00:19 The idea of having a brain that is brand new, what would that be?
00:22 Where did she come from?
00:26 She's an experiment.
00:27 She's progressing at an accelerated pace.
00:30 I was blown away by Bella, by the character.
00:34 I don't think I've ever seen or read anyone like that.
00:38 Working with Emma, that's the reason this film for me was so exciting to make.
00:43 Bella.
00:44 Out. Now!
00:45 My character, the doctor, sees her as an experiment, which at some point reaches a crisis.
00:51 I can't let you go.
00:52 If you do not, Bella shall turn rotten with hate.
00:55 Ahh!
00:56 I must set forth into waters.
00:59 That you could have the kind of mind that isn't taught to be a certain way, I think that's very inspiring.
01:08 All of these things that women are conditioned a whole lifetime through do not apply to her.
01:15 You will confine yourself to three phrases.
01:18 How marvelous, delighted, and how do they make the pastry so crisp, yes?
01:23 You get some very funny situations.
01:26 Oh.
01:30 Emma is unbelievable.
01:33 The development of the brain, it's such a fine line, especially as we shoot things out of order.
01:38 And she's really tracking the progression, not just with her voice, but also with her body.
01:43 It's an incredibly challenging part. It's probably the hardest part I've ever played.
01:46 A woman plotting her course to freedom.
01:49 How delightful.
01:51 Not fool.
01:52 It's a huge leap for her forward. That's incredible to witness.
01:57 I don't know how this could have been made without her.
02:00 I wanted to play Bella because it felt like acceptance of what it is to be a woman,
02:05 what it is to be free, what it is to be confident, and just a little bit f***ed up.
02:11 We will need less of your tongue in the future, but overall most agreeable.
02:16 It just felt like the perfect combination of all of that.
02:19 [Music]