After Heredity with Toni Collette in 2018 and the recent Midsommar with the revelation Florence Pugh, director Ari Aster unveils the first images of his next feature film, once again in collaboration with A24. With Beau is Afraid, the new elevated horror prodigy seems to have moved away from pure horror to explore the traumas of his character in a kind of supernatural and indescribable horror comedy, which mixes live action and animation. constant though: he will once again dissect dysfunctional family ties, psychological turmoil and bereavement as he paints an intimate portrait, spanning decades, of a successful entrepreneur who doesn’t really look like it, played by Joaquin Phoenix, aged for the occasion, in a new traumatic performance. Because “from his darkest fears, is born the greatest of adventures“, warns us the trailer of the film which has just been unveiled by A24.Beau Is Afraid does not yet have a French release date but will be released in the United States. United next April. See also on Konbini
