Poor Things at GFT
Friday 12 – Thursday 25 January, 2024
With select screenings on 35mmCaptions and Audio Description available.From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes an incredible adaptation of Alasdair Gray’s landmark novel. The story tells of the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe). Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, she runs off with Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo), a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, Bella grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.
GFT 12 Rose Street, Ge 6RB
Poor Things is based on Alasdair Gray’s novel, which he wrote in 1992.
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Written by : Pat Byrne
Publisher of Pat's Guide to Glasgow West End; the community guide to the West End of Glasgow. Fiction and non-fiction writer.
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