Director Yorgos Lanthimos credits Victorian-era drama to producer-star Emma Stone, absent from Lido because of actors’ strike
Poor Things, a film about Victorian-era female empowerment, won the Golden Lion on Saturday at a Venice film festival largely deprived of Hollywood glamour because of the writers’ and actors’ strikes.
The film, starring Emma Stone, won the top prize at the 80th edition of the festival, which is often a predictor of Oscar glory. Receiving the award, director Yorgos Lanthimos said the film wouldn’t exist without Stone, who was also a producer but was not on the Lido for the festival.
