The film Poor Things, based on the 1992 novel of the same name, touches on many themes. Each viewer will find something unique in it, and they'll probably be right.
"God," as Willem Dafoe's character is affectionately called, is the personal god and creator of the protagonist Bella Baxter (Emma Stone). Breathing life into her, He assigns her the role of a life companion and keeps her imprisoned in his Frankensteinian house under various pretexts.
This pattern of restricting the girl's freedom, both physical and intellectual, is evident in all the characters she encounters throughout the film: "Don't eat these cakes!", "Don't hit the children!", "Don't help the poor!" But Bella wouldn't be herself if she gave up so easily! Through new experiences, tasting life, and making many mistakes, we witness her journey toward conscious existence.
Bella counters society's insinuations with her motto: The world is as it is until we discover a new way it can be!
And the current state of things is merely an aporia on the path to a new worldview. After all, if one doesn't reassess their knowledge when faced with reality, it's easy to be seen as a mystic.
Old Bella, her "mother," couldn't muster the strength, she had "grown tired of life," as Dostoevsky might say. Even with a child already formed! "What kind of world will I bring her into?" - she may have thought, resigned to her fate. But Bella succeeded, she asked more questions than anyone else, was open to the new, and surpassed her parents and her creator.
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