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.
- Genre: Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy
- Studio: A24, Square Peg, IPR.VC, Access Entertainment
- Keyword: suicide, nightmare, therapist, paranoia, orgasm, trauma, dark comedy, satire, surrealism, childhood trauma, crude humor, grief, fear, maniac, birth, attic, death of mother, psychotic, entrepreneur, existentialism, anxiety disorder, absurdist, mother son relationship, based on short, anxiety, odyssey
- Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Patti LuPone, Amy Ryan, Nathan Lane, Kylie Rogers, Denis Ménochet