Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Cast: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias, Alicia Silverstone
Bugonia is a 2025 Comedy-Crime-Sci-Fi film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, following two conspiracy-fixated young men who abduct a powerful corporate CEO, certain she is an extraterrestrial agent sent to annihilate humanity. A darkly comic thriller from a filmmaker known for his absurdist vision.
What is Bugonia about?
A pair of obsessive, conspiracy-minded friends become convinced that the head of one of the world's most powerful corporations is not human at all — but an alien operative carrying out a plan to end life on Earth. Acting on their bizarre certainty, they hatch a scheme to abduct her before she can execute her mission. What follows is a collision of paranoid delusion and corporate power, as the men must confront mounting evidence, their own fractured logic, and the very real consequences of holding someone against their will. Lanthimos keeps the tone off-kilter throughout, balancing genuine menace with escalating absurdity as the two protagonists spiral deeper into their shared fantasy.
Cast & crew
Emma Stone, who has collaborated with Lanthimos on multiple projects, leads the cast as the enigmatic CEO at the centre of the conspiracy. Jesse Plemons co-stars as one of the two abductors, bringing his signature mix of quiet intensity and deadpan unease. The ensemble includes Alicia Silverstone and Stavros Halkias, rounding out a cast well-suited to Lanthimos's heightened comic register.
Context & significance
Yorgos Lanthimos has built a devoted international following for his precisely strange filmmaking — from The Lobster to Poor Things — and Bugonia arrives squarely in that tradition: socially satirical, visually controlled, and committed to its own eccentric internal logic. For Persian-speaking diaspora audiences, his films have consistently circulated via word of mouth as examples of European-inflected cinema that takes dark comedy seriously. Bugonia is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing, making it fully accessible to viewers who prefer to watch in their native language without relying on subtitles. The sci-fi conspiracy premise gives the film broad genre appeal beyond any single cultural context.
Where & how to watch
Bugonia is available on K-Time with full Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles. Watch on the web, your TV, or your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and no extra download required. Start or cancel anytime.