Special Screening: Beau is Afraid

Followed by a live film discussion with director Ari Aster.

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Monday,  01.05.2023
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Odeon

Special screening of the new cinematic masterpiece Beau is Afraid in the presence of the exceptional visionary director Ari Aster. After "Hereditary" and "Midsommar", this is the third collaboration between Aster and the successful studio A24 ("Everything Everywhere All At Once"). The absurd nightmare comedy is Aster's heartfelt project, and is based on a script that he has continuously developed since his time as a film student.

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Director Ari Aster has compared his nearly three-hour film to the epic journey of Odysseus, which took him 20 years to return home as a beggar. Every homecoming is also a homecoming to the mother. But what is an odyssey when the mother has never let the son go, when mobile phones, surveillance cameras and the psychoanalyst accompany every step? Beau's fear of leaving is as great as his fear of returning, his journey becomes an escape from persecution, and cultural forms and historical dimensions of fear become clear.