Based on the 2003 Korean film Save the Green Planet!, Bugonia follows two conspiracy-theorist cousins who become convinced that a powerful pharmaceutical CEO is actually a member of an alien race known as Andromeans.
So, if you want a recap of those final moments – or you haven’t actually seen the film and you just want to find out if Michelle was an alien or not, which is equally as valid – read on for your full breakdown.
Bugonia ending explained: Was Emma Stone's Michelle an alien all along?
After giving her some sort of disturbing electroshock therapy (in a scene that is particularly difficult to watch, might I add), kidnapper Teddy (Jesse Plemons) decides that not only is Michelle an Andromedan, she’s also an Andromedan empress. And, not wanting to disrespect the ruler of this extra-terrestrial race any more than he already has, allows her to wash, dress and eat a spaghetti dinner with him and his cousin Don (Aidan Delbis).
The confrontation is interrupted when Casey (Stavros Halkias), the creepy local Sheriff, knocks on the door, looking for any evidence that could help find out what has happened to Michelle. Don takes Michelle back down to the basement, while Teddy and Casey chat. Michelle offers to help Don and protect him from prison if he lets her go free, but instead, Don shoots himself in the head and dies.
Responding to the anti-freeze, Sandy dies, and a now-furious Teddy rides his bike back to the house to, once again, confront Michelle.
Michelle then agrees to take Teddy to the Andromedan headquarters.
Teddy, revealing himself to be wearing a homemade bomb, gets in the closet and, moments later, when the bomb detonates, is blown to pieces.
Right?
We are then shown a rather surreal sequence of Michelle discussing the fate of humanity with her fellow Andromedan senate. They eventually conclude that, unsurprisingly, humanity is not worth saving.
The film ends where it began, with bees returning to a now human-less earth.
What is the message of Bugonia?
Perhaps the most obvious, though, how easily humans can dehumanise each other – and how far we’re willing to go to prove ourselves right, even at the cost of our own morality.
What if Michelle wasn’t an alien, and Teddy had just kidnapped a regular, human woman? Yes, perhaps her big-evil corporate actions would still be still wrong, she’d still have been complicit in the harm of Teddy’s mother – but would that mean she deserved what she got? While watching those final 10 minutes of the film, I couldn’t help but wonder if this alternative ending would have been somewhat more effective.
Whichever way you take it, Bugonia’s ending is likely one that we’ll all be picking apart for a very long time – and is certainly a film that demands a second viewing once you know how it's all going to end.
Check out more of our Film coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more TV recommendations and reviews, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
Hence then, the article about bugonia ending explained was emma stone s michelle an alien all along was published today ( ) and is available on Radio Times ( Middle East ) The editorial team at PressBee has edited and verified it, and it may have been modified, fully republished, or quoted. You can read and follow the updates of this news or article from its original source.
Read More Details
Finally We wish PressBee provided you with enough information of ( Bugonia ending explained: Was Emma Stone's Michelle an alien all along? )
Also on site :