
Beau Is Afraid
From his darkest fears comes the greatest adventure.
Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odyssey back home.
- Year: 2023
- Country: Finland, United States of America
- Genre: Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy
- Studio: A24, Square Peg, IPR.VC, Access Entertainment
- Keyword: suicide, nightmare, funeral, therapist, paranoia, orgasm, trauma, dark comedy, satire, surrealism, childhood trauma, crude humor, grief, fear, overbearing mother, maniac, birth, attic, death of mother, entrepreneur, existentialism, oedipus complex, anxiety disorder, absurdist, unwarranted guilt, mother son relationship, kafkaesque, simulated sex, based on short, anxiety, odyssey
- Director: Ari Aster
- Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Patti LuPone, Amy Ryan, Nathan Lane, Kylie Rogers, Denis Ménochet