Mosquito State

Mosquito State is a 2020 Polish-American psychological thriller film co-written, directed, and produced by Filip Jan Rymsza. It stars Beau Knapp as a "Wall Street genius who becomes the willing host to a colony of mosquitoes". A review in The New York Times called it "a disquieting merger of body horror and social commentary... pierced by moments of disturbing beauty". The film had its world premiere on 4 September 2020 at the Venice Film Festival, where it won the Bisato d'Oro for Best Cinematography. Plot Richard Boca is a Wall Street analyst who has developed an algorithm he believes will make him rich. His near-obsessive fascination with flying insects, and especially his study of the behavior of bees, has led him to develop the "Honeybee" analysis model, which can be used to predict developments in financial markets. After a dream, he decides to develop a new analytical model, based on swarms of mosquitoes. Richard meets Lena, an attractive young woman who funds her studies by working at a wine bar, and brings her to his apartment. He lives alone in a penthouse with a view of Central Park. Swarms of mosquitoes have infested his residence, and Richard soon begins to swell up from their stings.