Beau Is Afraid (2023) on Netflix
Beau Wassermann lives alone in a crime-ridden city, anxious and paranoid. He intends to travel to his mother's house, but thieves take his suitcase and keys and he misses his flight.
- Netflix3.3/5
- IMDb6.6/1080,354 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes67%
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Plot summary
Beau Wassermann is the son of Mona, a wealthy businesswoman. He grows up without a father, who, Mona says, died the night Beau was conceived. As a teenager on a cruise he falls for Elaine Bray, and the two promise to stay virgins until they meet again. Middle-aged now, Beau is anxious and paranoid, and a recurring dream shows a duplicate of himself who wants the truth about what happened. After he is locked out of his house, a call to his mother is answered by a delivery driver who has found a body at her residence, and Beau believes she is dead.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Beau Is Afraid (2023)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Joaquin Phoenix collapsed and briefly lost consciousness while shooting a very intense scene with co-star Patti LuPone, his stunts having included breaking through glass. Director Ari Aster was at first annoyed because it was "a really good take", then realized it was serious.
- With a net budget of $35 million, Ari Aster's Beau Is Afraid held the record as A24's most expensive film until it was surpassed by Civil War.
