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Beau Is Afraid (2023)

Name: Beau Is Afraid
Director: Ari Aster
Genre: drama film, comedy film, adventure film
Duration: 179 min
Rating: 6.6

Beau Is Afraid is a 2023 American surrealist tragicomedy film written, directed, and co-produced by Ari Aster. The film stars Joaquin Phoenix as the title character, and also includes a supporting cast consisting of Patti LuPone, Nathan Lane, Amy Ryan, Kylie Rogers, Parker Posey, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Hayley Squires, Michael Gandolfini, Zoe Lister-Jones, Armen Nahapetian, and Richard Kind. Its plot follows…

Directed by Ari Aster · Shot by Paweł Pogorzelski · Cut by Lucian Johnston · Music by The Haxan Cloak · Ratio 1.85:1 · 179 min

Behind the scenes

BEAU IS AFRAID Behind The Scenes (2023) Joaquin Phoenix — JoBlo Behind-the-Scenes + Bloopers · 4 min
The Hidden Details of Beau is Afraid — Spikima Movies · 18 min
Ari Aster on Beau Is Afraid — Film at Lincoln Center · 36 min

Elsewhere

More by Ari Aster

The Strange Thing About the Johnsons — 2011
Munchausen — 2013
Basically — 2014
The Turtle's Head — 2014
C'est la vie — 2016
Hereditary — 2018
Midsommar — 2019
Eddington — 2025

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