It was one of the most enthusiastic responses to a film some Venice festgoers have ever seen.

At different points during the post-screening ovation, the audience was chanting Yorgos, Yorgos.

Ramy Youssef, Jerrod Carmichael, and Christopher Abbott also star.

Yorgos Lanthimos at Poor Things Venice world premiere

Yorgos Lanthimos on the red carpet for ‘Poor Things’ on FridayGABRIEL BOUYS/AFP via Getty Images

Lanthimos regular collaborator Tony McNamara wrote the script.

Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe produced for Element Pictures, along with Stone and Lanthimos.

Ramy Youssef and Emma Stone in ‘Poor Things’