[5][6] It stars Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Mamoudou Athie, and Hunter Schafer.

Raymond controls every aspect of Robert's life, including setting him up with his wife Sarah, buying their house and car, and dictating when they can have sexual intercourse.

A prized smashed John McEnroe tennis racquet, given by Raymond as a gift, is taken from his house.

In a last-ditch effort, Robert kidnaps R.M.F., dumping him in the hospital valet drop-off, and repeatedly running him over with his car and killing him.

Police officer Daniel is mourning the disappearance of his wife Liz, a marine biologist who went missing at sea, when he receives news that she has been rescued in a helicopter piloted by R.M.F.

Daniel's paranoia escalates during a traffic stop, where he acts erratically, shoots a passenger in the hand and licks the wound.

Liz recounts to her father a dream she experienced the previous night, in which dogs were the dominant species and kept humans like Liz as pets, being fed chocolate, a food she previously hated but ate due to there being large quantities of such.

Daniel then tells his doctor Liz mutilated herself on her own volition and claims she began punching herself in the stomach and face.

At a gynecologist's office, Liz is found to have miscarried, and claims that Daniel in fact hit her after she talked back, blaming it on the antipsychotics.

Emily secretly makes regular visits to her estranged husband, Joseph, and their daughter.

At the headquarters, Omi gives Emily and Andrew information on another possible candidate, but they discover that she is already dead.

Rebecca kills herself by diving into an empty pool during Emily's visit, fulfilling the prophecy.

The film marks the fifth collaboration between Lanthimos and Filippou, following Dogtooth (2009), Alps (2011), The Lobster (2015), and The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017).

[12] Cast members were revealed soon after, including Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, and Mamoudou Athie.

[19][20] Jerskin Fendrix composed the film's score, marking his second collaboration with Lanthimos after Poor Things (2023).

[3][4] In the United States and Canada, the film made $377,289 in its opening weekend from five theaters in New York and Los Angeles; its average of $75,457 per screen was the best of 2024.

"[29] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 64 out of 100, based on 58 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.