Director: Ari Aster.
Screenplay: Ari Aster.
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Patti LuPone, Amy Ryan, Nathan Lane, Denis Ménochet, Kylie Rogers, Parker Posey, Zoe Lister-Jones, Armen Nahapetian, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Hayley Squires, Richard Kind, Julia Antonelli, Archie Madekwe, Julian Richings, Lily Bird, Michael Gandolfini, David Mamet, Bill Hader.
“You were so selfish in your own search that no-one could find you”
By now many will seen Ari Aster’s haunting directorial debut Hereditary (2018) and the unsettling flow-up Midsommar (2019) which highlighted him as a director to watch. If you haven’t, then you’re missing out on two of the best horror movies in recent years. For those that are familiar, you’ll notice that Aster has the recurring themes of grief and the impact that parents can have on our lives. In Beau is Afraid, Aster, once again focuses on these earlier concepts and in many ways extends upon them with an outrageously metaphysical odyssey that transcends the bravery and boldness of his previous outings.
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