Filmen er en fortælling om Bella Baxter, en ung kvinde, der genoplives af den geniale og uortodokse videnskabsmand dr. Godwin Baxter. Den videbegærlige Bella hungrer efter at opleve verden, så hun stikker af med Duncan Wedderburn, en slikket og amoralsk advokat, på et hæsblæsende eventyr over flere kontinenter. Befriet for datidens moraliserende bånd bliver Bellas liv en stræben efter lighed og frigørelse.
- Genre: Sci-fi, Romantik, Komedie
- Studio: Searchlight Pictures, Film4 Productions, TSG Entertainment, Element Pictures, Limp, Fruit Tree
- Nøgleord: ship, london, england, experiment, paris, france, based on novel or book, obsession, lisbon, portugal, crooked lawyer, love, domestic abuse, female protagonist, doctor, prostitution, cruelty, scientist, masturbation, disfigured face, sexual awakening, exploring sexuality, sex worker, female empowerment, female sexuality, brain transplant, absurdism, quest for knowledge, spousal abuse, women's liberation, alexandria egypt, victorian era, quest for identity, frankenstein, body horror, critical, awestruck, melodramatic
- Cast: Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Christopher Abbott, Suzy Bemba
