What Does “Bugonia” Mean?

References & Edit History Related Topics

Images

A movie still from Bugonia (2025) shows Emma Stone as Michelle, seated with a shaved head, engaged in conversation with Jesse Plemons as Teddy. The scene captures a quiet, focused moment between the two characters.

A still from Bugonia (2025), directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, shows Aidan Delbis alongside Jesse Plemons as Teddy, holding bee trays while dressed in a beekeeper costume.

What Does “Bugonia” Mean?: Media

The ancient ritual behind Yorgos Lanthimos’s Oscar-nominated film

Images

A movie still from Bugonia (2025) shows Emma Stone as Michelle, seated with a shaved head, engaged in conversation with Jesse Plemons as Teddy. The scene captures a quiet, focused moment between the two characters.

A still from the film Bugonia

Emma Stone as Michelle Fuller, Jesse Plemons as Teddy Gatz, and Aidan Delbis as Teddy's...

© Element Pictures/Square Peg/CJ ENM/Pith/Fruit Tree Enterprises

A still from Bugonia (2025), directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, shows Aidan Delbis alongside Jesse Plemons as Teddy, holding bee trays while dressed in a beekeeper costume.

Aidan Delbis (left) and Jesse Plemons in Bugonia

The 2025 film Bugonia's protagonist, Teddy Gatz (Jesse Plemons), is an amateur...

© Element Pictures/Square Peg/CJ ENM/Pith/Fruit Tree Enterprises