Beau Is Afraid 2023

Release date

04/14/2023

Directors

Ari Aster, Rod Smith

Writers

Ari Aster

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.

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 complex mother son relationship kafkaesque simulated sex munchausen syndrome by proxy based on short film anxiety odyssey