Yorgos Lanthimos has some buddies, and they’re equally freaky.
Whether it’s political, societal, or sexual turmoil, cinema’s Greek Weird Wave rose to confront the harsh capitalist realities of the country in the late 2000s. Beginning in the midst of Greece‘s financial crisis, the film movement – shaped by surrealism, strange dialogue and a gritty approach to sex, gender, politics and family – never had the answers to the issues the country was facing, but provided an unorthodox perspective on it to outsiders looking in.
With the premiere of one of the Weird Wave’s latest entries – Yorgos Lanthimos‘ Poor Things – almost here, it’s time to look back at some of the deeply strange films of the movement he helped pioneer.
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