Beau Is Afraid

From his darkest fears comes the greatest adventure.

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Adventure
Fantasy
Comedy

Overview

Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic odyssey back home.

Keywords

mother son relationship
complex
funeral
fear
paranoia
dark comedy
surrealism
satire
suicide
based on short film
nightmare
existentialism
therapist
entrepreneur
death of mother
trauma
crude humor
grief
oedipus complex
birth
orgasm
overbearing mother
attic
maniac
childhood trauma
anxiety disorder
anxiety
absurdist
munchausen syndrome by proxy
kafkaesque
odyssey
simulated sex
unwarranted guilt

Details

Status: Released
Release date: April 14, 2023
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: Finland, United States of America
Production: Access Entertainment,A24,Square Peg,IPR.VC
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix,Patti LuPone,Amy Ryan,Nathan Lane,Kylie Rogers,Denis Ménochet,Parker Posey,Zoe Lister-Jones,Armen Nahapetian,Julia Antonelliand 60 more
Director: Ari Aster
Writer: Ari Aster
Producer: Len Blavatnik,Danny Cohen,Elisa Alvares,Timo Argillander,Ann Ruark,Ari Aster,Lars Knudsen
Cinematography: Pawel Pogorzelski
Music: Bobby Krlic
Budget: $35,000,000
Revenue: $12,337,378
Homepage: Official site
IMDb: tt13521006