'Poor Things' Takes Top Prize at Venice Film Festival

"Poor Things," a gothic comedy directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and starring Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, and Mark Ruffalo, won the prestigious Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival. The film tells the zany story of a woman reanimated after suicide by a mad doctor who replaces her brain with that of her unborn baby. Other notable winners at the festival include Cailee Spaeny and Peter Sarsgaard for their acting performances. The awards ceremony concluded the 11-day movie marathon, which saw fewer stars attending due to a Hollywood actors' strike demanding improved contracts and curbs on the use of artificial intelligence.