Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a debauched 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.
It’s almost as if Yorgos Lanthimos had sat down for a transcendental conversation with James Whale! Student “Max” (Ramy Youssef) is a student recruited by his professor “Godwin” (Willem Dafoe – aka “God”) to come and help him work on his latest project.
She’s called “Bella” (Emma Stone) and it soon transpires that she is the product of some very creative surgery on the part of “God” – a man who has, himself, had one or two experiences under the knife at the hands of his scientist father! You see, a pregnant woman took her own life by jumping from a bridge, but was luckily fished out of the wate…