BUGONIA: “Pain Traps.” Who Are You? Who Am I? What is Reality?
Yorgos Lanthimos’s 2025 film Bugonia gives us his take on the serious problems with humanity. BUT. It also gives us a lot to understand about trauma. Do aliens exist in our midst? Unlikely. Do severely traumatized people feel like aliens and fall into delusions and conspiracy theories? For sure … You can end up confused: Who am I? Who are you? Who is who? And, what is reality? …