Mona then appears from the shadows and reveals that she was alive and spying on him all along his journey. Elaine, however, has died mid-orgasm, her body frozen stiff.
Beau is terrified that he's going to die upon climaxing but is relieved when he survives. Beau is awakened from a nap when a woman arrives late for the service, and realizes it is Elaine. The troupe is ambushed by Jeeves, where he slaughters several actors in the process Beau flees deeper into the woods.īeau hitchhikes the rest of his way to the estate, only to find that he had just missed his mother's funeral. A man approaches Beau and informs him that he knew his father, who he says is still alive. Lost in the wilderness, Beau comes upon a group of traveling theatre actors named "The Orphans of the Forest.” He is invited to their rehearsal and becomes entranced by the play, imagining himself as the protagonist, who spends his entire life looking for his family after they’re separated by a flood. As Beau flees into the woods, Grace sends Jeeves after him. Grace walks in on Beau standing over Toni's body and violently blames him for her death. On the day of Beau's release, Toni attempts to force him to drink a can of paint, before doing it herself, committing suicide. Roger promises to take Beau to his mother's estate as soon as possible but insists Beau rest until he is healed. Cohen, who chastises him and informs Beau that despite the Jewish custom to lay the body to rest as soon as possible, her last wish was not to be buried until he was present. After violent confrontations with an intruder at home, then by a police officer and a murderer on the street, Beau is hit by a food truck.īeau wakes up wounded two days later in the house of a married couple, Grace and Roger, who live with their angsty teenage daughter Toni, and care for an unstable veteran named Jeeves, who was their late son's battle buddy after he was killed in action.
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After having been locked out by deranged homeless people for the night, he attempts to call his mother, only to have it answered by a UPS driver who tells him that she was decapitated in an accident. Beau calls his mother to explain the situation, but she dismisses him. He prepares for a flight to see his mother for the anniversary of his father's death, but misses his plane after his keys and luggage are stolen from his door. The two kiss and promise to remain virgins until they meet again as adults.Īs an adult, Beau is extremely anxious and living alone in a crime-ridden city.
As a teenager on a cruise trip with his mother, Beau meets and falls in love with a girl named Elaine. He grows up without a father, who his mother says died the night Beau was conceived due to a heart murmur caused by an orgasm.
The film received generally favorable reviews from critics.īeau Wasserman is the son of a famous and wealthy businesswoman, Mona, who is responsible for building a large conglomerate empire. Its plot follows the mild-mannered but paranoia-ridden Beau as he embarks on a surreal odyssey to get home to attend his mother's funeral, confronting his greatest fears along the way.ĭistributed by A24, Beau Is Afraid premiered at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema on April 1, 2023, and began a limited theatrical release in the United States on April 14, 2023, before a wide release the following week. The film stars Joaquin Phoenix as the title character, Beau Wassermann, and also includes a supporting ensemble cast consisting of Patti LuPone, Nathan Lane, Amy Ryan, Kylie Rogers, Parker Posey, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Hayley Squires, Michael Gandolfini, Zoe Lister-Jones, and Richard Kind. Beau Is Afraid is a 2023 American surrealist tragicomedy horror film written and directed by Ari Aster, who also serves as a co-producer.
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