Movie Chronicle 4: Poor Creatures - Human Transformation

Authors

  • Jacques Quintin Département de psychiatrie & Centre d’études du religieux contemporain, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0070-1467
  • Nathalie Plaat-Gasdoué Centre d’études du religieux contemporain, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7202/1112296ar

Keywords:

ethics, philosophy, feminism, science, emancipation

Language(s):

French

Abstract

Analysis of the film Poor Things by director Yorgos Lanthimos. A pregnant woman, Bella, throws herself off a bridge to kill herself. A mad doctor retrieves the corpse and replaces the mother’s brain with that of the foetus she is carrying. In an adult body, we see a child developing through the ages to maturity. Bella learns about social behaviour, sexuality and freedom of thought by exploring the world and reading. In turn, she becomes a doctor, carrying out transformations on the bodies of living beings, both animal and human. The film inspires a number of philosophical and ethical reflections and illustrates female emancipation.

(c) Han Han Li

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Published

2024-06-21

How to Cite

[1]
Quintin J, Plaat-Gasdoué N. Movie Chronicle 4: Poor Creatures - Human Transformation. Can. J. Bioeth 2024;7:195-7. https://doi.org/10.7202/1112296ar.

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 2-3 (2024): Open Issue & CBS Workshops

Section

Art, Culture & Creative Work

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Copyright (c) 2024 Jacques Quintin, Nathalie Plaat-Gasdoué

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